netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2022 23:40:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, soheil@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com,
        hlm3280@....com, ncardwell@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:44:04 +0000 you wrote:
> This reverts commit 4a41f453bedfd5e9cd040bad509d9da49feb3e2c.
> 
> This to-be-reverted commit was meant to apply a stricter rule for the
> stack to enter pingpong mode. However, the condition used to check for
> interactive session "before(tp->lsndtime, icsk->icsk_ack.lrcvtime)" is
> jiffy based and might be too coarse, which delays the stack entering
> pingpong mode.
> We revert this patch so that we no longer use the above condition to
> determine interactive session, and also reduce pingpong threshold to 1.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4d8f24eeedc5

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