Re: [PATCH] Too aggressive cwnd backoff

[John Heffner <jheffner@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, David S. Miller wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:14:45 +0100
> Baruch Even <baruch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Going back to the pre-westwood code in BK, the /2 is still there.
> >
> > This wasn't there in 2.4.23 on which on the original work of H-TCP was
> > done.
>
> Not true, that division by 2 is in the 2.4.23 sources, I just
> checked.
>
> It is there as far back as BK logs go in both the 2.4.x and 2.6.x
> trees.
>
> Perhaps the WEB100 guys patched that test, I bet that's why you don't
> remember it being in 2.4.23

This test looks correct to me.  (We never touched it.)  It is the bounding
parameter specified in rate halving.  If you actually get down that far,
then rate halving is getting confused, though.

  -John