Deciding when to adjust the window size

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Wed Jul 18 12:32:36 EST 2007


On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, JCA wrote:

>     What is the algorithm adopted by OpenSSH when it comes to deciding
> when to adjust the size of window? I would have thought that one'd
> better adjust the window size as soon as it has fallen below the
> maximum packet size. What worries me is a potential deadlock, in which
> one party does not send anything, because the window is too small for
> its next window space-consuming packet, while the other does not
> adjust the window on the grounds that it reckons it size still is
> large enough. How are such situations avoided?

channels.c::channel_check_window() contains this logic.

-d


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