Re: Linux TCP implementation

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:58:46 +0000
"m k" <mk_26@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>       Also, if the snd_cwnd is maintained in terms of packets and 
> snd_ssthresh 
> and
> snd_cwnd_clamp is maintained in terms of bytes, how come the comparison 
> between them.

All of the congestion variables are maintained in terms of packets.

The function you quote, tcp_cong_avoid(), determines if we increase
the congestion window exponentially (when snd_cwnd is less than or
equal to snd_ssthresh) or linearlly (when snd_cwnd is more than
snd_ssthresh).

This is bog-standard Van Jacobson congestion avoidance, nothing fancy.