[lwip-devel] [patch #7837] Default TCP_MSS to 1220 if LWIP_IPV6 support is enabled

[Simon Goldschmidt]

Follow-up Comment #2, patch #7837 (project lwip):

I don't know about this. I don't like that it changes IPv4 behaviour only
because IPv6 is enabled.

And I do see a problem regarding memory usage when changing the default. I
doubt that anyone seeking performance leaves TCP_MSS at its default, but the
defaults are meant for small memory, not for good performance.

As a side note, TCP_MSS does *not* limit what we can accept. We accept
anything that we get passed in a pbuf (from the netif driver). TCP_MSS is only
used to
a) limit tx segment size and
b) sending the MSS option
so strictly speaking, we do conform to the RFC.

Other than that, I don't really see the connection between MTU and MSS: only
because we must be able to handle big MSS doesn't mean we have to use a big
MSS, right?

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