From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264647AbUGFWo5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:44:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264640AbUGFWo5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:44:57 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:61412 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264582AbUGFWoy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:44:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:44:53 +0200 From: bert hubert To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Jamie Lokier , shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale. Message-ID: <20040706224453.GA6694@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , "David S. Miller" , Jamie Lokier , shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040629222751.392f0a82.davem@redhat.com> <20040630152750.2d01ca51@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040630153049.3ca25b76.davem@redhat.com> <20040701133738.301b9e46@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040701140406.62dfbc2a.davem@redhat.com> <20040702013225.GA24707@conectiva.com.br> <20040706093503.GA8147@outpost.ds9a.nl> <20040706114741.1bf98bbe@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040706194034.GA11021@mail.shareable.org> <20040706131235.10b5afa8.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040706131235.10b5afa8.davem@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:12:35PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > It is this specific case: > > 1) SYN packet contains window scale option of ZERO. Not true - the outgoing SYN packet had window scale 7, when it was sent. The SYN|ACK had window scale 0, when received by the initiating system. Also - even if the remote were to assume a 47 byte window size, would it not be able to send small packets? Or does the window size also include packet haders? Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO