netdev - Re: Divide error in bictcp_cong

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Date:	Wed, 04 May 2011 16:01:10 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, rdunlap@...otime.net, lkml@...hboom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Divide error in bictcp_cong_avoid ?

On Wed, 04 May 2011 12:40:53 PDT, David Miller said:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:37:38 -0700
> 
> > Don't use BIC, it is known to be unfair between flows.
> 
> That doesn't fix the user's bug, nothing in the kernel should causes
> crashes under normal circumstances.

And if it's a "don't use" thing, maybe it's time to deprecate it and/or
otherwise discourage its use? I know *my* config still has it mostly because it
*seems* to work, and nothing's suggested I should change it.



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