Re: [PATCH stable 5.4] Revert "tcp: change pingpong threshold to 3"

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 07:49:17AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 15. 08. 22, 22:51, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > From: Wei Wang <weiwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > commit 4d8f24eeedc58d5f87b650ddda73c16e8ba56559 upstream.
> > 
> > This reverts commit 4a41f453bedfd5e9cd040bad509d9da49feb3e2c.
> > 
> > This to-be-reverted commit was meant to apply a stricter rule for the
> > stack to enter pingpong mode. However, the condition used to check for
> > interactive session "before(tp->lsndtime, icsk->icsk_ack.lrcvtime)" is
> > jiffy based and might be too coarse, which delays the stack entering
> > pingpong mode.
> > We revert this patch so that we no longer use the above condition to
> > determine interactive session, and also reduce pingpong threshold to 1.
> 
> I would wait a bit before backporting this to stable:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/ca408271-8730-eb2b-f12e-3f66df2e643a@xxxxxxxxxx/

Looks like all is good, so I'll leave this be for now.

thanks,

greg k-h



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