netdev - Re: A Linux TCP SACK Question

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Date:	Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:07:40 -0700
From:	"John Heffner" <johnwheffner@...il.com>
To:	wenji@...l.gov
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A Linux TCP SACK Question

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Wenji Wu <wenji@...l.gov> wrote:
>  I was thinking that if the reordered ACKs/SACKs cause confusion in the
>  sender, and sender will unnecessarily reduce either the CWND or the
>  TCP_REORDERING threshold. I might need to take a serious look at the SACK
>  implementation.

It sounds very likely that you're encountering a bug or thinko in the sack code.

This actually brings to mind an old topic -- NCR (RFC4653).  There was
some discussion of implementing this, which I think is simpler and
more robust than Linux's current reordering threshold calculation.

  -John
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