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Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 10:34:33 +0300 (EEST)
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TCP] FRTO: remove unnecessary fackets/sacked_out
 recounting

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

> F-RTO does not touch SACKED_ACKED bits at all, so there is no
> need to recount them in tcp_enter_frto_loss. After removal of
> the else branch, the nested ifs can be combined.

Just in case you come across this, please do not apply it! I noticed that 
even though it seems very innocent change, it will cause S+L when SACK is 
not in use because sacked_out is not reset. I'll provide updated patch for 
this later on...

-- 
 i.

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