ssthresh initial value 慢启动阈值的初值

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前言

腾讯面试官问了我慢启动的阈值初值是如何设定的，从网上看面经有人说是第二次握手设定的，但是根据 TCP 报文的头部来看并没有对应字段，因此我查询了 RFC 5681 终于找到了答案

RFC 5681

The initial value of ssthresh SHOULD be set arbitrarily high (e.g., to the size of the largest possible advertised window), but ssthresh MUST be reduced in response to congestion. Setting ssthresh as high as possible allows the network conditions, rather than some arbitrary host limit, to dictate the sending rate. In cases where the end systems have a solid understanding of the network path, more carefully setting the initial ssthresh value may have merit (e.g., such that the end host does not create congestion along the path).

解释

根据规定，并没有对慢启动的阈值的初值进行规定，应当被设定高一些，比如最大的窗口大小。仅要求了当发生了拥塞时，慢启动阈值必须减小。

总结

RTFM >> STFW