netdev - Re: [RFC] TCP: Support configurable delayed-ack parameters.

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Message-Id: <20120619.142158.2026176205742396086.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:21:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dbaluta@...acom.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] TCP: Support configurable delayed-ack parameters.

From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:11:59 -0700

> Dave..any opinion on this?  I'll be happy to get rid of the
> multiply caching if it's agreed that it should not be there.

I disagree fundamentally with the feature.

I can't believe for one minute that we can't do ACK stretching
dynamically using reasonable heuristics.

And, as Stephen said, we already have too many damn knobs.
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