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Merge branch 'tcp-revert-a-F-RTO-extension-due-to-broken-middle-boxes'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:37:51 +0000 (11:37 -0500)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:37:51 +0000 (11:37 -0500)
commitc457a56cbfc91df827cc714130cfaf69eac7ffba
tree00bfcbae302e5015f89f4e31938bb297f18dc970
parent8385d94acf36e1c5ed67789afef1c4fa9d1ef375
parentb9f05db3caed2c5bc9f7c922231e71c8ea5ed6df
Merge branch 'tcp-revert-a-F-RTO-extension-due-to-broken-middle-boxes'

Yuchung Cheng says:

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tcp: revert a F-RTO extension due to broken middle-boxes

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.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>