netdev - Re: [PATCH] [TCP]: Rexmit hint must be cleared instead of setting it

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Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:14:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TCP]: Rexmit hint must be cleared instead of setting
 it

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:07:09 -0700 (PDT)

> From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:31:50 +0300 (EEST)
> 
> > Stupid error from my side. Even though now that I noticed this,
> > I hoped it would have been an optimization but no, the counter
> > hint is then incorrect. Thus clearing is necessary for now (I
> > still suspect though that this path is never executed).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
> 
> Better safe than sorry :-)
> 
> We can start putting more aggressive assertions around if you'd
> like to get some invariants like that validated.

In case it's not clear I did apply this patch.
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