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| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index f030435..9785df3 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -755,7 +755,15 @@ void tcp_update_metrics(struct sock *sk) } } -/* Numbers are taken from RFC2414. */ +/* Numbers are taken from RFC3390. + * + * John Heffner states: + * + * The RFC specifies a window of no more than 4380 bytes + * unless 2*MSS > 4380. Reading the pseudocode in the RFC + * is a bit misleading because they use a clamp at 4380 bytes + * rather than use a multiplier in the relevant range. + */ __u32 tcp_init_cwnd(struct tcp_sock *tp, struct dst_entry *dst) { __u32 cwnd = (dst ? dst_metric(dst, RTAX_INITCWND) : 0); |
