On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 19:05 +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > > Not sure on the details; but you say: when we reach the threshold all > > following packets will be dropped. So if you provide enough memory to > > exceed the limit, you have some extra. If you then use that extra bit to > > allow ACKs to pass through, then you're set. > > > > Sounds good, but you'd have to carve a path for the ACKs, right? Or is > > that already there? > > Acks with or without attached data are processed before data queueing. > See tcp_rcv_established().
Right, however I just realised that most storage protocols (level 7) have their own ACK msgs and do not rely on TCP (level 4) ACKs like this. So I would like to come back on this, I do need a full data channel open. - 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
