netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] tcp: do not force quickack when receiving out-of-order packets

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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 13:14:13 -0400
From:   Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] tcp: do not force quickack when receiving
 out-of-order packets

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> As explained in commit 9f9843a751d0 ("tcp: properly handle stretch
> acks in slow start"), TCP stacks have to consider how many packets
> are acknowledged in one single ACK, because of GRO, but also
> because of ACK compression or losses.
>
> We plan to add SACK compression in the following patch, we
> must therefore not call tcp_enter_quickack_mode()
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>

Thank you, Eric!