netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] TCP: increase default initial receive window.

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Message-Id: <20101220.104814.59687502.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:48:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rick.jones2@...com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, nanditad@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	therbert@...gle.com, chavey@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TCP: increase default initial receive window.

From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:26:20 -0800

>> Agree this is a good idea, but some further notes:
>>   * The control of receive window is a local function not covered by
>>     RFC.
>>   * Linux manipulates receive window automatically, unlike some other
>>     implementations.
>> But any change to TCP risks breaking other broken implementations
>> and users need a good way to recover. 
> 
> Always good to be careful, but break in what way?  Many stacks have
> been advertising an initial receive window of well above 10 segments
> going back literally decades.

Agreed.
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