- From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:24:58 -0700
- To: David Krauss <potswa@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 21 April 2014 16:16, David Krauss <potswa@gmail.com> wrote: > Do header blocks displace non-content-bearing frames such as PRIORITY, WINDOW_UPDATE, RST_STREAM, PING, and SETTINGS, or is there supposed to be an exception to the rule? Yes, header blocks clog the pipe. No exceptions. Note that header blocks aren't flow controlled, so it's the TCP congestion window that becomes blocked, if anything. Thus, the primary consequence of a large header block is head of line blocking for everything.
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