netdev - nonagle flags for TSQ

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Date:	Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:08:39 +0100
From:	John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: nonagle flags for TSQ

Hi,

This email is referring to your Linux patch
46d3ceabd8d98ed0ad10f20c595ca784e34786c5.

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=46d3ceabd8d98ed0ad10f20c595ca784e34786c5

I have a question about the use of tcp_write_xmit() in
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

When tcp_write_xmit() is called, the nonagle flag of the tcp socket is
ignored and instead 0 is passed. This causes the Nagle-algorithm to be
used even if it should not be, which in some cases causes a large delay.

Was there a reason that 0 was hard-coded?

Although current mainline code has been refactored, 0 is still
hard-coded for TSQ cases.

John Ogness
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