netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] tcp: add a global sysctl to control TCP delayed ack

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Message-Id: <20130404.192539.1157364077083658871.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:25:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	amwang@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	rick.jones2@...com, shemminger@...tta.com, tgraf@...g.ch,
	David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] tcp: add a global sysctl to control TCP
 delayed ack

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:48:10 +0200

> I totally understand the objections that were given regarding this
> patch. But for defense of this patch we also provide a knob to disable
> slow start after idle, which from my point of view is as "evil" as
> this change.

I completely disagree, slow start after idle is way too aggressively
throwing past history away, so turning that off is much safer.
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