netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: RTT metrics scaling

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Message-Id: <20080718.230257.207092590.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: RTT metrics scaling

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:31 -0700

> Some of the metrics (RTT, RTTVAR and RTAX_RTO_MIN) are stored in kernel
> units (jiffies) and this leaks out through the netlink API to user space
> where the units for jiffies are unknown.
> 
> This patches changes the kernel to convert to/from milliseconds. This changes
> the ABI, but milliseconds seemed like the most natural unit for these parameters.
> Values available via syscall in /proc/net/rt_cache and netlink will be in milliseconds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Looks good, applied.
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