netdev - Re: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT is missing counter update

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Message-Id: <20091013.013556.57098460.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:35:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	w@....eu, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT is missing counter update

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:29:03 +0200

> Indeed, thanks for this detailed explanation, I missed the SYN-ACK timer
> and retransmits.
> 
> I played some years ago with TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT and got some unexpected results
> on transmitted packets (server was consuming more bandwidth), and I know understand
> it was very broken until today !
> 
> Thanks again Willy

Ok, and with that I put Willy's patch back in.

Thanks!
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