netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6 2/2] [TCP] FRTO: Prevent state inconsistency in corner cases

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2007 13:57:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6 2/2] [TCP] FRTO: Prevent state inconsistency in
 corner cases

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 12:17:44 +0300 (EEST)

> State could become inconsistent in two cases:
> 
> 1) Userspace disabled FRTO by tuning sysctl when one of the TCP
>    flows was in the middle of FRTO algorithm (and then RTO is
>    again triggered)
> 
> 2) SACK reneging occurs during FRTO algorithm
> 
> A simple solution is just to abort the previous FRTO when such
> obscure condition occurs...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Also applied, thanks!
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