netdev - Re: [RFC v2] tcp: Export TCP Delayed ACK parameters to user

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Message-Id: <20111030.001349.204270613645747531.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:13:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dbaluta@...acom.com
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, luto@...capital.net
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] tcp: Export TCP Delayed ACK parameters to user

From: Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@...acom.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:32:25 +0300

> * count number of bytes instead of number of segments.

The standard way Linux TCP analyzes connection state based upon
packets, not bytes.

I don't see any value for changing something so fundamental just
for the sake of avoiding the multiply in an obscure facility.

I asked you to make an incision less invasive, yet you're proposal
here more invasive.
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