Re: Request for Testing: TCP RACK

From: David Wolfskill <david_at_catwhisker.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:33:11 UTC
On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 07:26:10AM -0500, Mike Karels wrote:
> ...
> >> It would be so nice that we can have a sysctl tunnable for this patch
> >> so we could do more tests without recompiling kernel.
> > Thanks for testing!
> >
> > @gallatin: can you come up with a patch that is acceptable for Netflix
> > and allows to mitigate the performance regression.
> 
> Ideally, tcphpts could enable this automatically when it starts to be
> used (enough?), but a sysctl could select auto/on/off.
> 
> 		Mike
> ....

Or (at some risk of over-{complicat,engineer}ing things), perhaps
sysctl/tunable for high- and low-water marks?

Peace,
david   (who is quite unlikely to be writing the code, so "grain of salt")
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