From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754757Ab0BVWMw (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:12:52 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:33132 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754440Ab0BVWMu (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:12:50 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:13:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20100222.141306.77019816.davem@davemloft.net> To: andi@firstfloor.org Cc: lars.eggert@nokia.com, zimmermann@nets.rwth-aachen.de, pavel@ucw.cz, apetlund@simula.no, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, Arnd.Hannemann@nets.rwth-aachen.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com, william.allen.simpson@gmail.com, damian@tvk.rwth-aachen.de, ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] net: TCP thin-stream detection From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <87k4u5mh9u.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <20100221.150311.193707249.davem@davemloft.net> <87k4u5mh9u.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 23.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andi Kleen Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:33 +0100 > Lars Eggert writes: > >> If it's off by default there is no issue. > > Still a sufficient large number of people might turn it on > and then the network would melt. And they can do the same by changing the initial congestion window setting, which we also support. The foundation of your argument is as solid as quicksand.