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Documentation: clarify tcp_{r,w}mem sysctl docs
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Fix some of the defaults and attempt to clarify some language.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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J. Bruce Fields authored and davem330 committed Jul 10, 2008
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Expand Up @@ -336,16 +336,18 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
pressure.
Default: 8K

default: default size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
default: initial size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets.
This value overrides net.core.rmem_default used by other protocols.
Default: 87380 bytes. This value results in window of 65535 with
default setting of tcp_adv_win_scale and tcp_app_win:0 and a bit
less for default tcp_app_win. See below about these variables.

max: maximal size of receive buffer allowed for automatically
selected receiver buffers for TCP socket. This value does not override
net.core.rmem_max, "static" selection via SO_RCVBUF does not use this.
Default: 87380*2 bytes.
net.core.rmem_max. Calling setsockopt() with SO_RCVBUF disables
automatic tuning of that socket's receive buffer size, in which
case this value is ignored.
Default: between 87380B and 4MB, depending on RAM size.

tcp_sack - BOOLEAN
Enable select acknowledgments (SACKS).
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Enable window scaling as defined in RFC1323.

tcp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP socket.
min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP sockets.
Each TCP socket has rights to use it due to fact of its birth.
Default: 4K

default: Amount of memory allowed for send buffers for TCP socket
by default. This value overrides net.core.wmem_default used
by other protocols, it is usually lower than net.core.wmem_default.
default: initial size of send buffer used by TCP sockets. This
value overrides net.core.wmem_default used by other protocols.
It is usually lower than net.core.wmem_default.
Default: 16K

max: Maximal amount of memory allowed for automatically selected
send buffers for TCP socket. This value does not override
net.core.wmem_max, "static" selection via SO_SNDBUF does not use this.
Default: 128K
max: Maximal amount of memory allowed for automatically tuned
send buffers for TCP sockets. This value does not override
net.core.wmem_max. Calling setsockopt() with SO_SNDBUF disables
automatic tuning of that socket's send buffer size, in which case
this value is ignored.
Default: between 64K and 4MB, depending on RAM size.

tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN
If set, assume no receipt of a window scaling option means the
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