From b38a51fec1c1f693f03b1aa19d0622123634d4b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuchung Cheng Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 16:40:11 -0700 Subject: tcp: disable RFC6675 loss detection This patch disables RFC6675 loss detection and make sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_recovery = 1 controls a binary choice between RACK (1) or RFC6675 (0). Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh Reviewed-by: Priyaranjan Jha Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 13bbac50dc8b..ea304a23c8d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ tcp_recovery - INTEGER features. RACK: 0x1 enables the RACK loss detection for fast detection of lost - retransmissions and tail drops. + retransmissions and tail drops. It also subsumes and disables + RFC6675 recovery for SACK connections. RACK: 0x2 makes RACK's reordering window static (min_rtt/4). RACK: 0x4 disables RACK's DUPACK threshold heuristic -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b