tree a0231b1aa1c44252c79c9cb769bd0695e021f1b6
parent de565664041d954b60f87e3d576a784cf25672d0
author Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> 1322614961 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1322690126 -0500

tcp: inherit listener congestion control for passive cnx

Rick Jones reported that TCP_CONGESTION sockopt performed on a listener
was ignored for its children sockets : right after accept() the
congestion control for new socket is the system default one.

This seems an oversight of the initial design (quoted from Stephen)

Based on prior investigation and patch from Rick.

Reported-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
CC: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Tested-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>