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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:41:32 +0200
From:	Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@...ia.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"zimmermann@...s.rwth-aachen.de" <zimmermann@...s.rwth-aachen.de>,
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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] net: TCP thin-stream detection

If it's off by default there is no issue.

On 2010-2-22, at 1:03, David Miller wrote:

> 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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