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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-06 22:43:03 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-06 22:43:03 -0800
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c net/8021q/vlan_core.c
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@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Various fixes to make delete of open files behavior more predictable
(when delete of an open file fails we mark the file as "delete-on-close"
in a way that more servers accept, but only if we can first rename the
file to a temporary name). Add experimental support for more safely
-handling fcntl(F_SETLEASE).
+handling fcntl(F_SETLEASE). Convert cifs to using blocking tcp
+sends, and also let tcp autotune the socket send and receive buffers.
+This reduces the number of EAGAIN errors returned by TCP/IP in
+high stress workloads (and the number of retries on socket writes
+when sending large SMBWriteX requests).
Version 1.54
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