netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.25 (v2)] [TCP]: Two fixes to new sacktag code

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:00:53 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.25 (v2)] [TCP]: Two fixes to new sacktag code

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:52:51PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> 
> > @@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ tcp_sacktag_write_queue(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *ack_skb, u32 prior_snd_
> >  			continue;
> >  		}
> >
> > -		if (!before(start_seq, tcp_highest_sack_seq(tp))) {
> > +		if (tp->sacked_out && after(start_seq, tcp_highest_sack_seq(tp))) {
> 
> In this v2, of this patch I'll put !before back here instead, change
> to after is unnecessary here, checking that a sacked skb exists is
> enough to avoid skipping in the problematic head case.

Thanks Ilpo, patch applied to net-2.6.25.

BTW, how's the RB-tree stuff coming along? David wanted it to be in as
early as possible so that it gets the maximum amount of testing before
the next merge window.

Cheers,
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