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[TCP]: Describe tcp_init_cwnd() thoroughly in a comment.

People often get tripped up by this function and think that
it does not implemented the prescribed algorithms from
RFC2414 and RFC3390, even though it does.

So add a comment to head off such misunderstandings in the
future.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
David S. Miller 17 gadi atpakaļ
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  1. 9 1
      net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

+ 9 - 1
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -755,7 +755,15 @@ void tcp_update_metrics(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Numbers are taken from RFC2414.  */
+/* Numbers are taken from RFC3390.
+ *
+ * John Heffner states:
+ *
+ *	The RFC specifies a window of no more than 4380 bytes
+ *	unless 2*MSS > 4380.  Reading the pseudocode in the RFC
+ *	is a bit misleading because they use a clamp at 4380 bytes
+ *	rather than use a multiplier in the relevant range.
+ */
 __u32 tcp_init_cwnd(struct tcp_sock *tp, struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	__u32 cwnd = (dst ? dst_metric(dst, RTAX_INITCWND) : 0);