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    tcp: switch rcv_rtt_est and rcvq_space to high resolution timestamps · 645f4c6f
    Eric Dumazet authored
    Some devices or distributions use HZ=100 or HZ=250
    
    TCP receive buffer autotuning has poor behavior caused by this choice.
    Since autotuning happens after 4 ms or 10 ms, short distance flows
    get their receive buffer tuned to a very high value, but after an initial
    period where it was frozen to (too small) initial value.
    
    With tp->tcp_mstamp introduction, we can switch to high resolution
    timestamps almost for free (at the expense of 8 additional bytes per
    TCP structure)
    
    Note that some TCP stacks use usec TCP timestamps where this
    patch makes even more sense : Many TCP flows have < 500 usec RTT.
    Hopefully this finer TS option can be standardized soon.
    
    Tested:
     HZ=100 kernel
     ./netperf -H lpaa24 -t TCP_RR -l 1000 -- -r 10000,10000 &
    
     Peer without patch :
     lpaa24:~# ss -tmi dst lpaa23
     ...
     skmem:(r0,rb8388608,...)
     rcv_rtt:10 rcv_space:3210000 minrtt:0.017
    
     Peer with the patch :
     lpaa23:~# ss -tmi dst lpaa24
     ...
     skmem:(r0,rb428800,...)
     rcv_rtt:0.069 rcv_space:30000 minrtt:0.017
    
    We can see saner RCVBUF, and more precise rcv_rtt information.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarSoheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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