Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] net: TCP thin-stream detection

From: Andreas Petlund <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:51:27 +0100

On 22. feb. 2010 16:17, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Lars Eggert <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
>> If it's off by default there is no issue.
> 
> Still a sufficient large number of people might turn it on
> and then the network would melt.
> 
> IMHO TCP changes with badly understood congestion behaviour
> should not be merged until the necessary analysis/simulation etc.
> is done.
> 
> -Andi
> 

I also encourage you to read the discussions from the first posted
version of the patch set, since I here reference a lot of the 
supporting research and related material from other researchers.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/141394
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/141395
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/141396
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/141397

Cheers,
Andreas