Re: [PATCH] tcp: add setsockopt to disable slow start after idle

[David Miller]

From: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:48:19 +0200

> It should be safe as long as you don't have any packet loss (which
> means the network can take it). Or I am missing something?
> 
> So perhaps allow it, but force disable it on the first retransmit?

Unless you can detect packet loss or queueing delay incurred by
everyone else on the internet, this won't work.

Look, just drop this discussion, people simply don't understand the
implications of what they are suggesting.

The only thing I am willing to consider is a per-route attribute for
this setting, because that would be another legitimate to make this
setting.

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