Re: Turning off nagle algorithm in 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 14:10:02 EST


> The finicky nature of closed sourced sybase libraries that we are using in
> the custom apps make me ask this question. Will turning off the Nagle
> algorithm in the kernel on the fly, impact performance in any way? or Can we
> have this feature in the kernel in some way?

Turning it off generically risks extremely bad network behaviour on a
congested link.
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