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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:14:17 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: eric.dumazet@...il.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, wygivan@...gle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: allow for bigger reordering level From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:27:49 -0700 > Yuchung and othres are working on a new way to handle reorders (RACK), > and should present the concept in next IETF meeting. > > A linux patch should follow shortly. > > High level idea is : > > Decide when and what to retransmit based on the timing, instead of > sequence, relationships. This covers both original or retransmitted > packets. > > On dupacks, wait a fraction of RTT before the repair process to both > allow reordering and relieve the network My instint says that this delay will increase recovery time, but I guess they've taken that into consideration :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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