From: John Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:28:23 -0400
> The problem really is that the window_clamp variable is overloaded. > It's used as a kind of cache for rcvbuf -> window conversion, but also > as a user-settable bound in window size. On examination, it looks like > this is also broken (in that window size won't increase) if a user does > a setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF). Can we make window_clamp a true clamp? Then > we can get rid of the hack of raising it in tcp_rcv_space_adjust(). I > can cook up a patch if interested. The clamp gets moved along also to handle dynamic receive window sizing. To be honest, a window clamp doesn't have clear semantics in the presence of dynamic window sizing. Anyways, I'd like to see your patch. It might make rcvbuf --> window conversions a bit more expensive, but we'll see. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
