netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: fix ABC in tcp_slow

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Message-ID: <wwxik81fhb83pkj3alus6j68.1342807303829@email.android.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:01:43 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Cc:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	John Heffner <johnwheffner@...il.com>,
	Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: fix ABC in tcp_slow_start()

TCP ABC was an experiment that failed. It solves a problem that does not exist on Linux. I did the implementation mostly to prove that.

Perhaps it abc should just be removed?