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tcp: allow for bigger reordering level

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While testing upcoming Yaogong patch (converting out of order queue
into an RB tree), I hit the max reordering level of linux TCP stack.

Reordering level was limited to 127 for no good reason, and some
network setups [1] can easily reach this limit and get limited
throughput.

Allow a new max limit of 300, and add a sysctl to allow admins to even
allow bigger (or lower) values if needed.

[1] Aggregation of links, per packet load balancing, fabrics not doing
 deep packet inspections, alternative TCP congestion modules...

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Yaogong Wang <wygivan@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet
2014-10-27 21:45:24 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 7aef06db0f
commit dca145ffaa
6 changed files with 23 additions and 12 deletions
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@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo);
/* After receiving this amount of duplicate ACKs fast retransmit starts. */
#define TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH 3
/* Maximal reordering. */
#define TCP_MAX_REORDERING 127
/* Maximal number of ACKs sent quickly to accelerate slow-start. */
#define TCP_MAX_QUICKACKS 16U
@@ -252,6 +249,7 @@ extern int sysctl_tcp_abort_on_overflow;
extern int sysctl_tcp_max_orphans;
extern int sysctl_tcp_fack;
extern int sysctl_tcp_reordering;
extern int sysctl_tcp_max_reordering;
extern int sysctl_tcp_dsack;
extern long sysctl_tcp_mem[3];
extern int sysctl_tcp_wmem[3];