Re: [tcpm] Comments on draft-blanton-tcpm-3517bis-01

Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Thu, 14 April 2011 00:58 UTC

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Ethan Blanton <eblanton@cs.ohiou.edu> wrote:
> Yuchung Cheng spake unto us the following wisdom:
>> Thanks for the clarification. My example assumes SMSS=1460 (sorry for
>> not being clear).
>>
>> AFAIK, Linux (even with fack disabled) triggers the fast-recovery when
>> any 3 packets (of any size) are sacked beyond SND.UNA.
>
> And this is correct behavior, and what 3517/3517bis will both do.
>
Ah that's right. The subtle difference is that Linux IsLost(sn)
returns true if any 3 segments beyond sn are sacked, i.e., the seq# of
these segments need not be discontinuous. Therefore the loss marking
is more aggressive after F-R starts (even with FACK disabled).