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

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Message-Id: <20120720.110234.810125972347182800.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:02:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen.hemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	ncardwell@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, therbert@...gle.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	johnwheffner@...il.com, nanditad@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: fix ABC in tcp_slow_start()

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:01:43 -0700

> 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?

This is my impression as well.
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