netdev - Re: dynamic TCP algorithms switching

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Message-ID: <20131122145621.344fa999@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:56:21 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	yan cui <ccuiyyan@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dynamic TCP algorithms switching

On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:49:58 -0500
yan cui <ccuiyyan@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
>    Currently, Linux has kinds of TCP congestion algorithms, such as
> reno, cubic, bic, hybla, ...., and each TCP congestion algorithm has
> its target networking environment. I just wonder to know is it
> possible to do dynamic TCP algorithm switching? In other words, the
> system has a combined TCP congestion algorithm (say, TCP-auto), and it
> behaves like one of the integrated TCP congestion algorithms according
> to different detected networking environment, but can switch to a
> different one. For example, TCP-auto totally uses the set of
> congestion control operations in TCP-cubic by default, but when it
> detects that the current OS uses wireless networking, it switches to
> some wireless friendly TCP congestion algorithm. Does Linux have some
> features like that, or do you (networking developers and users) care
> about it?
> 
> Best Wishes!
> 

You overestimate the advantage of one verus the other.
It is possible to control algorithm on per-socket, and per-route
but other than benchmarking there or bulk transfer for normal net
traffic Cubic works fine for all environments. 
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