netdev - RE: TCP NewReno and single retransmit

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Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:56:49 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Neal Cardwell' <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>
CC:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: TCP NewReno and single retransmit

> Since there are no literal IETF-style "MUST" statements in RFC2582, I
> think the "MUST" in the code here is expressing the design philosophy
> behind the author. :-)

I wouldn't guarantee that the authors of any RFC (or other
standards document) managed to cover all possible cases.

	David