Re: delayed ACKs for retransmitted packets: ouch! (fwd)

Neal Cardwell (cardwell@cs.washington.edu)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:56:32 -0800 (PST)

i think this is finally all wrapped up now...

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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 00:16:12 -0800
From: David S. Miller <davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com>
To: cardwell@cs.washington.edu
Subject: Re: delayed ACKs for retransmitted packets: ouch!

Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 14:30:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal Cardwell <cardwell@cs.washington.edu>

http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/networking/detour/misc/2.0.35.fix1.ex1.ps

I tried removing this check:

...

And I'm seeing better performance (2.0.35 receiver w/ revised patch):

http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/networking/detour/misc/2.0.35.fix2.ex1.ps

Is it safe to remove that check?

Your change is completely correct, thanks.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com