Hi,I'm working on some server/client application,and I have encountered some problems with TCP_NODELAY (disabling the Nagle algorithm).if I disable the Nagle algorithm (TCP_NODELAY) and I try to send 4 byte in TCP packets (in a loop) for instance, some packets still wait until reached the MSS (my case 1440 bytes) and only after that are sent to the destination, why is this ? If the Nagle algorithm is enabled (by default) all works fine, packets are sent after the MSS is reached, but when Nagle algorithm is disabled the first 2 packets are sent with 4 bytes of data (in this case) after that about 6 packets with maximum capacity (MMS) after that another 3 packets with 4 bytes . . . and so on the process repeats.Why is this ? Because If I disable the Neagle algorithm (with TCP_NODELAY) in a normal situation all sent packets should go out with the specified data size (I'm using a 2.6.22 kernel) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
