netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] [TCP]: Move prior_in_flight collect to more robust place

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Date:	Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:21:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] [TCP]: Move prior_in_flight collect to more robust
 place

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Tue,  4 Dec 2007 18:48:49 +0200

> The previous location is after sacktag processing, which affects
> counters tcp_packets_in_flight depends on. This may manifest as
> wrong behavior if new SACK blocks are present and all is clear
> for call to tcp_cong_avoid, which in the case of
> tcp_reno_cong_avoid bails out early because it thinks that
> TCP is not limited by cwnd.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Applied.
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