Re: [PATCH 0/2 net] revert a F-RTO extension due to broken middle-boxes

[David Miller]

From: Yuchung Cheng 
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:15:00 -0800

> This patch series reverts a (non-standard) TCP F-RTO extension that aimed
> to detect more spurious timeouts. Unfortunately it could result in poor
> performance due to broken middle-boxes that modify TCP packets. E.g.
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg484154.html
> We believe the best and simplest solution is to just revert the change.

Fair enough.

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

[PATCH 0/2 net] revert a F-RTO extension due to broken middle-boxes

[Yuchung Cheng]

This patch series reverts a (non-standard) TCP F-RTO extension that aimed
to detect more spurious timeouts. Unfortunately it could result in poor
performance due to broken middle-boxes that modify TCP packets. E.g.
https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg484154.html
We believe the best and simplest solution is to just revert the change.

Yuchung Cheng (2):
  tcp: revert F-RTO middle-box workaround
  tcp: revert F-RTO extension to detect more spurious timeouts

 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 23 +++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

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