TCP small queues and WiFi aggregation — a war story
TCP small queues and WiFi aggregation — a war story
[Kernel] Posted Jun 18, 2018 23:28 UTC (Mon) by cagrazia
This article describes our findings that connected TCP small queues (TSQ) with the behavior of advanced WiFi protocols and, in the process, solved a throughput regression. The resulting patch is already in the mainline tree, so before continuing, please make sure your kernel is updated. Beyond the fix, it is delightful to travel through history to see how we discovered the problem, how it was tackled, and how it was patched.
Subscribers can read on for the full story by guest authors Carlo Grazia and Natale Patriciello.