netdev - Re: [Bloat] Time in Queue, bufferbloat, and... our accidentally interplanetary network

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Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:19:29 +0100
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	bloat-devel <bloat-devel@...ts.bufferbloat.net>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	bloat <bloat@...ts.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Bloat] Time in Queue, bufferbloat, and... our accidentally  interplanetary network


On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:15:38 +0100, Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
wrote:
 
> Question two: I submitted pfast_head_drop to drop more outdated data
> instead of new data. Back in time I thought TCP _may_ experience
benefits
> because more up-to-date SACK data packets are saved. Are there any other
> TCP advantages with head drop policy?

Small comment: pfast_head_drop was intended for UDP. E.g. OLSR messages,
regular GPS reporting and the like. TCP was not the focus at that time.

HGN

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