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SubjectRe: TCP Congestion Window Bug?

Mark Reginald James writes:
> TCP only sends a packet if:
>
> tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) < tp->snd_cwnd
>
> (function tcp_snd_test in include/net/tcp.h)
>
> but regards transmission as application-limited if
>
> tp->packets_out < tp->snd_cwnd
>
> (function tcp_cwnd_validate in include/net/tcp.h)
>
> So the kernel _always_ thinks the connection is
> application-limited

Why? After the final "send a packet if" test, tp->packets_out will be
incremented and thus be equal to tp->snd_cwnd, marking the connection
as _not_ application limited.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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