Re: [PATCH] tcp: clarify comment for mdev_us in struct tcp_sock

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 21:41:39 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 21:19:27 +0800 you wrote:
> The existing comment for mdev_us says "medium deviation", but this
> term is inaccurate. The field stores the "mean deviation" of RTT,
> as originally defined in Van Jacobson's paper "Congestion
> Avoidance and Control", and it is scaled by 4 (<< 2) in the Linux
> implementation.
>
> Update the comment to reflect the correct terminology and storage
> format.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- tcp: clarify comment for mdev_us in struct tcp_sock
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9b20885f1472

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