(like the alpha). Biggest problem: IP headers were overlayed with
structure which included pointers, and which therefore didn't overlay
properly on 64-bit machines. Solution: instead of threading pointers
through IP header overlays, add a "queue element" structure to do
the threading, and point it at the ip headers.
* Convert several data structures to use queue.h.
* Split in_pcbnotify() into two parts; one for notifying a specific PCB, and
one for notifying all PCBs for a particular foreign address.
* Don't add the extra 1/8 of the mss when ramping up the congestion window.
* Scale the RTT values slightly to adjust for rounding errors.
* Set the lower bound of the RTO to RTT+2.
I've found a problem with the TCP delayed ack algorithm. If the writer's
buffer becomes full before sending an entire window, the writer will stop
and the ack will be delayed and the transmission will be stalled pending
a timeout on (and transmission of) the delayed ack.
As an experiment, I've applied the following patch to my (NetBSD) kernel,
and it alleviates the problem.
The worst case for this change is that the writer sets the PSH bit on
every outgoing packet, in which case delayed ack is effectively disabled.
This is not an issue of correctness, however, and since most vendors use
the PSH bit a bit more intelligently, it doesn't seem like a serious
problem.
mycroft