scale factor for portion of window reserved for buffering overhead

$cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_app_win 31 $ Scale factor for portion of window reserved for buffering overhead. Reserve max(window / 2 ^ tcp_app_win, mss) of window for application buffer. Value 0 is special, it means that nothing is reserved. The default value is 31. [ wireshark ] Frame 1 (1496 bytes on wire, 1496 bytes captured) Ethernet II, …