netdev - Re: [PATCH] apply cwnd rules to FIN packets with data

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Date:	Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:54:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jheffner@....edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] apply cwnd rules to FIN packets with data

From: John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:11:09 -0500

> My first patch was broken anyway (should not have pulled the test from 
> tso_should_defer), and the change is not needed to the nagle test since 
> it's implicit.  This patch just restores the old behavior from before 
> TSO, sending the FIN when it's the last true segment.  We can debate the 
> merits of applying congestion control to the FIN separately. :)

Yes, let's split one hair at a time :-)

Patch applied, thanks John.  I'll push this to the 2.6.x -stable
branch too.
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