netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: split tcp_ecn sysctl knob to distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6

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Message-ID: <20130103082254.770d4222@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2013 08:22:54 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: split tcp_ecn sysctl knob to distinguish
 between IPv4 and IPv6

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:58:12 +0100
Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:53:50AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:28:44 +0100
> > 
> > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 01:00:09AM +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> > >> ECN could be more reliable when used with IPv6 (I don't have proofs). For
> > >> people who want to try ECN with IPv6 but still have problems connecting
> > >> to destinations because of broken IPv4 routers this switch allows one
> > >> to enable ECN just for IPv6.
> > >> 
> > >> Perhaps ECN could be enabled by default in future.
> > >> 
> > >> No code changes since initial submission, just added documentation.
> > > 
> > > May I ask what lead to the rejection of the patch?
> > 
> > I don't see any value in splitting up ipv4 and ipv6.
> > 
> > I think we should turn the existing knob on unliaterally
> > by default.  That would be a much better patch.
> 
> Oh, I would be happy to do that. :)

Perhaps, ECN should be a property of the route.
There is RTAX_FEATURE_ECN but it appears to have been lost
as part of the removal of route cache.

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