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authorFan Du <[email protected]>2015-03-06 11:18:23 +0800
committerDavid S. Miller <[email protected]>2015-03-06 14:57:41 -0500
commit6b58e0a5f32dedb609438bb9c9c82aa6e23381f2 (patch)
treedcfd707a04fd8295b1384cc18fc60addf22ae23a /net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
parentdcd8fb8533ceb493146ce030d15f7965b82d0c27 (diff)
ipv4: Use binary search to choose tcp PMTU probe_size
Current probe_size is chosen by doubling mss_cache, the probing process will end shortly with a sub-optimal mss size, and the link mtu will not be taken full advantage of, in return, this will make user to tweak tcp_base_mss with care. Use binary search to choose probe_size in a fine granularity manner, an optimal mss will be found to boost performance as its maxmium. In addition, introduce a sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold to control when probing will stop in respect to the width of search range. Test env: Docker instance with vxlan encapuslation(82599EB) iperf -c 10.0.0.24 -t 60 before this patch: 1.26 Gbits/sec After this patch: increase 26% 1.59 Gbits/sec Signed-off-by: Fan Du <[email protected]> Acked-by: John Heffner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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