netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT retrans calculation

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Message-ID: <4ADCC905.1000109@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:16:05 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT retrans calculation

Julian Anastasov a écrit :
> 	Fix TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT conversion between seconds and
> retransmission to match the TCP SYN-ACK retransmission periods
> because the time is converted to such retransmissions. The old
> algorithm selects one more retransmission in some cases. Allow
> up to 255 retransmissions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Note: 255 retransmits translates to 30069 seconds.
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