Dumb question on this: The tcp_bbr_info struct for a socket can be inspected at runtime through the ss utility or through a get socket opts call, right?
-Aaron On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Maciej Soltysiak <mac...@soltysiak.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just saw this: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/671069/ > > Interested to see how BBR would play out with things like fq_codel or cake. > > "loss-based congestion control is unfortunately out-dated in today's > networks. On > today's Internet, loss-based congestion control causes the infamous > bufferbloat problem" > > So, instead of waiting for packet loss they probe and measure, e.g. when > doing slow start (here called STARTUP) they don't speed up until packet > loss, but slow down before reaching estimated bandwidth level. > > Cake and fq_codel work on all packets and aim to signal packet loss early > to network stacks by dropping; BBR works on TCP and aims to prevent packet > loss. > > > Best regards, > Maciej > > > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > >
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