[PATCH] Added NoDelay config option and nodelay subsystem option

[Nicolas Williams]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 05:49:17PM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:33:57AM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > TCP_NODELAY is a socket option
> 
> i know.

I figured as much! :) :)

> > and so applies to all of an SSH
> > connection, not to a specific channel.
> 
> wrong, you have to consider each channel endpoint, e.g.
> for tcp forwarding.

Yes, but a single global SSHv2 request will do. I don't see why it has
to be a channel request.

Or are you thinking that, if you have a connection with 3 channels, one
of which needs TCP_NODELAY, and then that channel is closed, both
parties should immediately unset TCP_NODELAY?

But if the client has control over whether the server has TCP_NODELAY
on, then the client can keep track of when to turn Nagle on and off
using as finely or coarsely tuned heuristic as it wants (or as it's told
by the user).

> > Or do you think that the protocol should have a per-channel Nagle-like
> > option at the SSHv2 transport layer?
> 
> no.

Ok.

Nico
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