Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] tcp: Update data retransmission timeout

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:44:26 +0100 Stefano Brivio wrote:

Or maybe, building on my latest comment to 3/4:

int factor = conn->retries;

if (!(conn->events & ESTABLISHED)) factor -= c->tcp.syn_linear_timeouts;

it.it_value.tv_sec = RTO_INIT << MAX(factor, 0);

It just occurred to me that 'factor' might be misleading as this is rather an exponent, so maybe 'exp' instead. -- Stefano