net...@vger.kernel.org greg k-h

I see now the emails are trunated. Greg, I presume you wrote "netdev" ? Sala ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Massimo Sala <massimo.sala.71@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:16:34 +0200 Subject: Re: new sysctl tunable knob for tcpip To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org I wish to suggest to developers to add this new knob : tcp_retries2_time - INTEGER This value influences the timeout (seconds) of an alive TCP connection, when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged. RFC 1122 recommends at least 100 seconds for the timeout, which corresponds to a value of at least 8. Rationale : * I see too many abuse of tcp_retries2, because even if you check the RTO, it will change with different connections, routing, etc. * It will be friendly and I think better to document an absolute value. See other parameters with two knobs ( example : dirty_ratio, dirty_ratio_bytes ).

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q1) which is the right kernel m-list to discuss it ?

net...@vger.kernel.org Good luck! greg k-h

mlist : netdev@vger.kernel.org ? Best regards, Sala