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

[Alexander Zimmermann]

Am 22.02.2010 um 16:17 schrieb Andi Kleen:

> Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@xxxxxxxxx> 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

100% ack.

See for example here: http://www.umic-mesh.net/~zimmermann/linux.png

It's a screenshot of the ps3mediaserver. Since it's a streaming server, it's
very useful to deactivate Nagle :-)

Alex

> 
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