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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 9b569a2d9c6..34916e792d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs. +tcp_early_retrans - INTEGER + Enable Early Retransmit (ER), per RFC 5827. ER lowers the threshold + for triggering fast retransmit when the amount of outstanding data is + small and when no previously unsent data can be transmitted (such + that limited transmit could be used). + Possible values: + 0 disables ER + 1 enables ER + 2 enables ER but delays fast recovery and fast retransmit + by a fourth of RTT. This mitigates connection falsely + recovers when network has a small degree of reordering + (less than 3 packets). + Default: 2 + tcp_ecn - INTEGER Enable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in TCP. ECN is only used when both ends of the TCP flow support it. It is useful to |