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    af_rxrpc: Request an ACK for every alternate DATA packet · e8388eb1
    David Howells authored
    Set the RxRPC header flag to request an ACK packet for every odd-numbered DATA
    packet unless it's the last one (which implicitly requests an ACK anyway).
    This is similar to how librx appears to work.
    
    If we don't do this, we'll send out a full window of packets and then just sit
    there until the other side gets bored and sends an ACK to indicate that it's
    been idle for a while and has received no new packets.
    
    Requesting a lot of ACKs shouldn't be a problem as ACKs should be merged when
    possible.
    
    As AF_RXRPC currently works, it will schedule an ACK to be generated upon
    receipt of a DATA packet with the ACK-request packet set - and in the time
    taken to schedule this in a work queue, several other packets are likely to
    arrive and then all get ACK'd together.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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