Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:13:40 +0100 (BST) | From | Steve Davies <> | Subject | Re: Fix for SLOW PPP Bug |
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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Mark E. Levitt wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Umm.. I've been looking at the use of "tcp_reset_xmit_timer()", and it may be > > that we're seeing a timer fight between the delayed acks and retransmissions, > > where both want to use the same timer and they don't like each other messing > > with it.. > > > > Anyway, this would indeed have gotten worse in 1.3.73, because that started > > using more of the delayed ack logic (the code isn't new per se, it's just used > > in a new way). That could have made the problem much worse. > > > Unfortunatly, this does not fix the problem. I tried this > patch against a clean 1.3.85. In fact, it seems to make the problem > slightly worse, but I wouldn't swear to that perception. > How are you measuring the improvement, and what are _your_ symptoms which make you think there is a problem ?
Also, does the problem go-away if you go back to a 1.3.72 kernel without changing anything else ?
Steve
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