Subject: Re: [PATCH] Customizable TCP backoff patch

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:00:44 -0700

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:16:38 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Ben Woodard <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:52:57 -0700
> 
> > Because these are general utility clusters we run many different 
> > programs and so trying to fix this problem in the application is not 
> > possible since there are literally hundreds if not thousands of them.
> 
> Then why add a socket option setting as your patch does? :-)
> 
> I also object to the socket option setting being allowed for
> any user because this can have awful effects if allowed by
> arbitrary users on arbitrary networks.

Setting a cwnd limit would do the same thing.