Re: TCP RFC 6298 RTO handling

Kevin Bowling <[email protected]> Wed, 20 May 2026 20:25:15 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
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On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 11:43=E2=80=AFAM Nick Hudson <[email protected]=
> wrote:
>
> On 20/05/2026 02:24, Kevin Bowling wrote:
> > Versus the LoC, this is a high value change that improves TCP
> > performance in common [, tail] loss situations.
> > https://www.netbsd.org/~kbowling/tcp-rfc6298.patch
>
> LGTM

Committed, thanks!

>
> > Even on high latency links, 1s is a good long while and a spurious RTO
> > may be profitable since links are generally less bandwidth constrained
> > while latency is what it is if you are dealing with tail loss in a
> > buffering scheme.
> > Regards,
> > Kevin Bowling
>