linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tcp: Expose the initial RTO via a new sysctl.

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2011 22:27:10 +0200
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	tsunanet@...il.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Expose the initial RTO via a new sysctl.

* David Miller | 2011-05-18 16:23:06 [-0400]:

>Then this gets back to the fact that this is a network
>attribute and thus more suitable as a route metric not
>a global system-wide sysctl.

Yes, in an Email response to Eric I mentioned this already. The initial RTO is
a perfect candidate for route metric. I waiting for a patch to test it! ;-)

Hagen
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