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Back in 2015, Van Jacobson suggested to use usec resolution in TCP TS values. This has been implemented in our private kernels. Goals were : 1) better observability of delays in networking stacks. 2) better disambiguation of events based on TSval/ecr values. 3) building block for congestion control modules needing usec resolution. Back then we implemented a schem based on private SYN options to negotiate the feature. For upstream submission, we chose to use a route attribute, because this feature is probably going to be used in private networks [1] [2]. ip route add 10/8 ... features tcp_usec_ts Note that RFC 7323 recommends a "timestamp clock frequency in the range 1 ms to 1 sec per tick.", but also mentions "the maximum acceptable clock frequency is one tick every 59 ns." [1] Unfortunately RFC 7323 5.5 (Outdated Timestamps) suggests to invalidate TS.Recent values after a flow was idle for more than 24 days. This is the part making usec_ts a problem for peers following this recommendation for long living idle flows. [2] Attempts to standardize usec ts went nowhere: https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/97/slides/slides-97-tcpm-tcp-options-for-low-latency-00.pdf https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wang-tcpm-low-latency-opt/ Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.