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Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time

From Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time
Date 2016-04-12 17:10 +0200
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On 04/12/2016 07:52 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-04-12 at 12:17 +0000, Machani, Yaniv wrote:
>> Hi,
>> After updating from Kernel 3.14 to Kernel 4.4 we have seen a TCP performance degradation over Wi-Fi.
>> In 3.14 kernel, TCP got to its max throughout after less than a second, while in the 4.4  it is taking ~20-30 seconds.
>> UDP TX/RX and TCP RX performance is as expected.
>> We are using a Beagle Bone Black and a WiLink8 device.
>>
>> Were there any related changes that might cause such behavior ?
>> Kernel configuration and sysctl values were compared, but no significant differences have been found.

If you are using 'Cubic' TCP congestion control, then please try something different.
It was broken last I checked, at least when used with the ath10k driver.

https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=144405216005715&w=2

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time "Machani, Yaniv" <yanivma@ti.com> - 2016-04-12 14:20 +0200
  Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 17:00 +0200
    Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> - 2016-04-12 17:10 +0200
      RE: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time "Machani, Yaniv" <yanivma@ti.com> - 2016-04-12 21:40 +0200
        Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> - 2016-04-12 22:20 +0200
          Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 22:20 +0200
            Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> - 2016-04-12 22:30 +0200
              Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 22:40 +0200
                Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> - 2016-04-12 23:50 +0200
                Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> - 2016-04-13 05:10 +0200
                Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 05:40 +0200
                RE: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time "Machani, Yaniv" <yanivma@ti.com> - 2016-04-13 22:30 +0200
    Re: TCP reaching to maximum throughput after a long time Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> - 2016-04-12 19:10 +0200

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