netdev - Re: Fix FRTO+NewReno problem (Was: Re: This has a work around)

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2008 19:40:29 +0300 (EEST)
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@...tek.com>
cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fix FRTO+NewReno problem (Was: Re: This has a work around)

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

> On the bright side, the FRTO problem that was occuring previously is now fixed
> but there seems to be very few ways to communicate with that device sanely
> because it assumes in-order arrival and keeps discarding, as it seems, _all_
> other segments... If you could try with this additional work-around attached
> (keep the fixes there as well). Turn tcp_frto_inorder_workaround sysctl to 1
> before testing with FRTO.

I missed one thing with the last workaround patch, please use this one 
instead if you haven't yet have time to try it.

-- 
 i.
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