tcp: add a sysctl to config the tcp_default_init_rwnd
authorJP Abgrall <jpa@google.com>
Sat, 8 Feb 2014 02:40:10 +0000 (18:40 -0800)
committerJP Abgrall <jpa@google.com>
Sat, 8 Feb 2014 02:40:10 +0000 (18:40 -0800)
commit969ff3bbb38b6622800a1a4bd38404e3701193de
treeaa4dadf867bea6de598b98ceceabc6d6e40d3e29
parent43fcab022e7eef42e0bbcc7b955e8de2ef1469a4
tcp: add a sysctl to config the tcp_default_init_rwnd

The default initial rwnd is hardcoded to 10.

Now we allow it to be controlled via
  /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_init_rwnd
which limits the values from 3 to 100

This is somewhat needed because ipv6 routes are
autoconfigured by the kernel.

See "An Argument for Increasing TCP's Initial Congestion Window"
in https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/tcp_initcwnd_paper.pdf

Change-Id: I386b2a9d62de0ebe05c1ebe1b4bd91b314af5c54
Signed-off-by: JP Abgrall <jpa@google.com>
Conflicts:
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
include/net/tcp.h
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c