netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: fix no cwnd growth after timeout

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Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2013 19:56:59 -0400
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: fix no cwnd growth after timeout

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com> wrote:
> In commit 0f7cc9a3 "tcp: increase throughput when reordering is high",
> it only allows cwnd to increase in Open state. This mistakenly disables
> slow start after timeout (CA_Loss). Moreover cwnd won't grow if the
> state moves from Disorder to Open later in tcp_fastretrans_alert().
>
> Therefore the correct logic should be to allow cwnd to grow as long
> as the data is received in order in Open, Loss, or even Disorder state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

neal
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