netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add NV congestion control

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:42:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brakmo@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Kernel-team@...com, ncardwell@...gle.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, ycheng@...gle.com,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, kennetkl@....uio.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add NV congestion control

From: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 01:04:06 +0000

> The reason why this may be necessary, is that under some conditions
> NV flows competing with more aggressive flows will perform
> poorly. People may be more willing to test NV if there is a quick
> and simple way to revert if necessary (without having to restart the
> flows).

This is a property that may apply to any congestion control algorithm
whatsoever, not just NV.