Bug 203623 - [tcp] Congestion window set to 1mss on any type of loss
Summary: [tcp] Congestion window set to 1mss on any type of loss
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: Hiren Panchasara
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Reported: 2015-10-07 21:27 UTC by Hiren Panchasara
Modified: 2016-11-17 21:49 UTC (History)
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Description Hiren Panchasara freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-10-07 21:27:40 UTC 
We set cwnd to 1mss when we detect loss via arrivals of 3 dupacks. That is wrong as we severely underutilizing network capacity by doing so.

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