[tor-commits] [torspec/main] Prop 324: Rename cc_icw to cc_cwnd_init

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Mon Aug 30 02:23:27 UTC 2021


commit 532bec055175b626a0b200aeeb24e57bbeb4e78e
Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 29 17:02:32 2021 +0000

    Prop 324: Rename cc_icw to cc_cwnd_init
---
 proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt b/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt
index b7d827e..25118a4 100644
--- a/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt
+++ b/proposals/324-rtt-congestion-control.txt
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ network traffic. This experimentation and tuning is detailed in section
 
 All of these algorithms have rules to update 'cwnd' - the current congestion
 window, which starts out at a value controlled by consensus parameter
-'cc_icw'. The algorithms also keep track of 'inflight', which is a count of
-the number of cells currently not yet acked by a SENDME. The algorithm MUST
+'cc_cwnd_init'. The algorithms also keep track of 'inflight', which is a count
+of the number of cells currently not yet acked by a SENDME. The algorithm MUST
 ensure that cells cease being sent if 'cwnd - inflight <= 0'. Note that this
 value CAN become negative in the case where the cwnd is reduced while packets
 are inflight.
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ These are sorted in order of importance to tune, most important first.
            The lower this value is, the sooner we can get an estimate of
            the true BDP of a circuit. Low values may lead to massive
            over-estimation, due to ack compression. However, if this
-           value is above the number of acks that fit in cc_icw, then
+           value is above the number of acks that fit in cc_cwnd_init, then
            we won't get a BDP estimate within the first use of the circuit.
            Additionally, if this value is above the number of acks that
            fit in cc_cwnd_min, we may not be able to estimate BDP
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ These are sorted in order of importance to tune, most important first.
            100, we can set this as low as 33 to have the same amount of
            overhead.
 
-  cc_icw:
+  cc_cwnd_init:
     - Description: Initial congestion window for new congestion
                    control Tor clients. This can be set much higher
                    than TCP, since actual TCP to the guard will prevent





More information about the tor-commits mailing list