Re: Size of window variables

In message <53B5A00F.9030705@fb.com>, Daniel Sommermann writes:

>6.9.1 has it:
>
>A sender MUST NOT allow a flow control window to exceed 2^31 - 1 bytes. 
>If a sender receives a WINDOW_UPDATE that causes a flow control window 
>to exceed this maximum it MUST terminate either the stream or the 
>connection, as appropriate.

I suggest we raise that limit to 2^63-1 bytes.

2^32 bytes only take a few seconds seconds at 100 Gbit, and files
larger than 2^32 are common as muck these days.

Raising the width of the window update itself is probably not needed,
as long as we squander the reserved bit on something else.

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Received on Thursday, 3 July 2014 19:00:20 UTC