On March 14, 2007 12:18:56 pm Alex Sidorenko wrote: > On March 13, 2007 03:01:50 pm John Heffner wrote: > > Sorry for the long delay in response, I've been on vacation. I'm okay > > with your patch, and I can't think of any real problem with it, except > > that the behavior is non-standard. Then again, Linux acking in general > > is non-standard, which has created the bug in the first place. :) The > > only thing I can think where it might still ack too often is if > > free_space frequently drops just below full_space/2 for a bit then rises > > above full_space/2. > > > > I've also attached a corrected version of my earlier patch that I think > > solves the problem you noted. > > Hello John, > > I think your corrected version should avoid the problem I mentioned, but I > will still ask the customer to test the new version. It will be interesting > to compare traffic patterns with those observed with stock kernel and my > earlier patch. > > It might take some time to do proper testing, I'll inform you as soon as > there are any results.
Hello John, our customer has tested your patch thoroughly and everything's working fine. Please apply the patch if this is not done yet. Thanks, Alex -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alexandre Sidorenko email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Global Solutions Engineering: Unix Networking Hewlett-Packard (Canada) ------------------------------------------------------------------ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
