Subject: Re: Strange Nagle effect on 1.6.2
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/30/2005 20:52:16
On Mon, 30 May 2005, David Laight wrote:
> No data outstanding, to nagle lets the last fragment out.
> 
> > 13 642.856484 SRC.30010 > DEST.63394: P 397222:398512(1290) ack 1 win
> > 17520 <...>

If the immediate sending implied by the TCP PSH flag took precedence
over the delated sending implied by the Nagle algorithm, then this
problem would not arise.  Is there any reason not to let the PSH flag
take precedence?

--apb (Alan Barrett)