Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] tcp: exponential backoff in tcp_send_ack()

2020-09-30 Thread David Miller
From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 05:54:55 -0700 > We had outages caused by repeated skb allocation failures in tcp_send_ack() > > It is time to add exponential backoff to reduce number of attempts. > Before doing so, first patch removes icsk_ack.blocked to make > room for a new field (i

[PATCH net-next 0/2] tcp: exponential backoff in tcp_send_ack()

2020-09-30 Thread Eric Dumazet
From: Eric Dumazet We had outages caused by repeated skb allocation failures in tcp_send_ack() It is time to add exponential backoff to reduce number of attempts. Before doing so, first patch removes icsk_ack.blocked to make room for a new field (icsk_ack.retry) Eric Dumazet (2): inet: remove