netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] net: TCP thin-stream detection

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Message-Id: <20100221.150311.193707249.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:03:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lars.eggert@...ia.com
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	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, Arnd.Hannemann@...s.rwth-aachen.de,
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	william.allen.simpson@...il.com, damian@....rwth-aachen.de,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] net: TCP thin-stream detection

From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@...ia.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:04:46 +0200

> Agree with Alexander. It is not at all clear to me that these
> changes are safe for non-exerimental use in the wider Internet.

It's off by default and we provide all sorts of experimental
congestion control algorithms which can cause just as much
if not more trouble than these thin-stream bits.

There is no problem integrating these changes.
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