tcp: add a sysctl to config the tcp_default_init_rwnd
The default initial rwnd is hardcoded to 10.
Now we allow it to be controlled via
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_init_rwnd
which limits the values from 3 to 100
This is somewhat needed because ipv6 routes are
autoconfigured by the kernel.
See "An Argument for Increasing TCP's Initial Congestion Window"
in https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/tcp_initcwnd_paper.pdf
Change-Id: I386b2a9d62de0ebe05c1ebe1b4bd91b314af5c54
Signed-off-by: JP Abgrall <jpa@google.com>
Conflicts:
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 1ed71a9..cfb55e1 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
extern int sysctl_tcp_early_retrans;
extern int sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes;
extern int sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit;
+extern int sysctl_tcp_default_init_rwnd;
extern atomic_long_t tcp_memory_allocated;
extern struct percpu_counter tcp_sockets_allocated;