Re: [PATCH] tcp: Lower the initial RTO to 1s as per draft RFC2988bis-02.

[David Miller]

From: Benoit Sigoure <tsunanet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 23:47:49 -0700

> @@ -868,6 +868,11 @@ static void tcp_init_metrics(struct sock *sk)
>  {
>  	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
>  	struct dst_entry *dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
> +	/* If we had to retransmit anything during the 3WHS, use
> +	 * the initial fallback RTO as per draft RFC 2988bis-02.
> +	 */
> +	int init_rto = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits ?
> +		TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT_FALLBACK : TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT;

Please do not put comments in the middle of a set of function
local variable declarations.

Also, as mentioned already, icsk_retransmits is not where SYN
retransmissions are counted.

It is stored in the TCP minisocket ->retrans field.
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