netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: remove limit on initial receive window

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:56:25 +0100
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Heath Caldwell <hcaldwel@...mai.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Josh Hunt <johunt@...mai.com>, Ji Li <jli@...mai.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: remove limit on initial receive window

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:43 PM Heath Caldwell <hcaldwel@...mai.com> wrote:
>
> On 2021-01-12 21:26 (+0100), Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:

> > This is fine. This has been done forever. Your change might break applications.
>
> In what way might applications be broken?
>
> It seems to be a very strange position to allow a configured maximum to
> be violated because of obscure precedent.
>

Welcome to the real world

Some applications use setsockopt(), followed by getsockopt() to make
sure their change has been recorded.

Some setups might break, you can be sure of this.

I doubt this issue is serious enough, the code has been there forever.

Please fix the documentation (if any)