netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] TCP: increase default initial receive window.

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Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:59:17 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com>,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TCP: increase default initial receive window.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:20:51 -0800
Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com> wrote:

> This patch changes the default initial receive window to 10 mss
> (defined constant). The default window is limited to the maximum
> of 10*1460 and 2*mss (when mss > 1460).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>

This needs way more discussion because it makes Linux non-RFC
breaking the RFC behavior should require explicit user override.
I also wonder if the magic value 10 should be a sysctl.
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