question on routine tcp_moderate_cwnd

[Brian Tierney <bltierney@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all:

Can someone explain what situation the routine tcp_moderate_cwnd is  
supposed to address?
Im finding that this code seems to be preventing TCP for achieving  
anything close to the available bandwidth on large BDP networks.
Thanks.

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/* CWND moderation, preventing bursts due to too big ACKs
 * in dubious situations.
 */
static __inline__ void tcp_moderate_cwnd(struct tcp_opt *tp)
{
       u32 t = tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) + tcp_max_burst(tp);
        if (t < tp->snd_cwnd) {
                        tp->snd_cwnd = t;
                        WEB100_VAR_INC(tp, OtherReductions);
         }
        tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
}



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