Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] DPLPMTU merge tweaks (#3702)

[Gorry Fairhurst <[e-mail]>]

@gorryfair commented on this pull request.



> +
+From the perspective of DPLPMTUD, QUIC transport is an acknowledged
+packetization layer (PL). A sender can therefore enter the DPLPMTUD BASE state
+when the QUIC connection handshake has been completed.
+
+
+### Sending QUIC DPLPMTUD Probe Packets
+
+DPLPMTU probe packets are ack-eliciting packets.  Probe packets that use the
+PADDING frame implement "Probing using padding data", as defined in
+Section 4.1 of {{!DPLPMTUD}}.  Endpoints could limit the content of probe
+packets to PING and PADDING frames as packets that are larger than the current
+maximum packet size are more likely to be dropped by the network.
+
+DPLPMTU probe packets consume congestion window, which could delay subsequent
+transmission by an application.

Section 3, bullet 7 of DPLPMTUD clarifies this as: "Loss of a probe packet SHOULD NOT be treated as an indication of congestion and SHOULD NOT trigger a congestion control reaction". Maybe this could be added as clarification?

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