netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 2/3] net: TCP thin linear timeouts

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Message-ID: <4B76CA28.5060709@simula.no>
Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:50:00 +0100
From:	Andreas Petlund <apetlund@...ula.no>
To:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ilpo Järvinen 
	<ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@...s.rwth-aachen.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, shemminger@...tta.com,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, damian@....rwth-aachen.de
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 2/3] net: TCP thin linear timeouts

On 12. feb. 2010 12:19, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Last year, I'm pretty sure I was on record as thinking this is only a
> marginally good idea, that would be better at the application layer.
> 
> Also that naming was a bit dicey.  Now the names are more descriptive,
> but the "force" is a bit overkill.
> 
> How about?
>   NET_TCP_FORCE_THIN_LINEAR_TIMEOUTS    -> NET_TCP_THIN_LINEAR_TIMEOUTS
>   TCP_THIN_LT                           -> TCP_THIN_LINEAR_TIMEOUTS
>   TCP_THIN_LT_RETRIES                   -> TCP_THIN_LINEAR_RETRIES
>   tcp_force_thin_linear_timeouts        -> tcp_thin_linear_timeouts
>   sysctl_tcp_force_thin_linear_timeouts -> sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_timeouts
>   tp->thin_lt                           -> tp->thin_lto
> 
> The latter mostly traditional "to" for "timeout", as used most everywhere.
> 

I agree that the _force_-part should be taken out for both patches, and 
renaming the lt to lto also makes sense. I'll fix it in the next iteration.

> Just for efficiency, I'd reorder this
>   +    if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED &&
>   +        (tp->thin_lt || sysctl_tcp_force_thin_linear_timeouts) &&
>   +        tcp_stream_is_thin(sk) &&
>   +        icsk->icsk_retransmits <= TCP_THIN_LT_RETRIES) {

Thank you for this suggestion. I'll reorder in the next iteration.

Best regards,
Andreas
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