[TCP]: sysctl to allow TCP window > 32767 sans wscale
Back in the dark ages, we had to be conservative and only allow 15-bit
window fields if the window scale option was not negotiated. Some
ancient stacks used a signed 16-bit quantity for the window field of
the TCP header and would get confused.
Those days are long gone, so we can use the full 16-bits by default
now.
There is a sysctl added so that we can still interact with such old
stacks
Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 651298b..f12007b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@
Defaults to 128. See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning
for TCP sockets.
+tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN
+ If set, assume no receipt of a window scaling option means the
+ remote TCP is broken and treats the window as a signed quantity.
+ If unset, assume the remote TCP is not broken even if we do
+ not receive a window scaling option from them.
+ Default: 0
+
IP Variables:
ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS
