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Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 17:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [TCP]: Make prior_ssthresh a u32

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 15:36:08 +0300 (EEST)

> If previous window was above representable values of u16,
> strange things will happen if undo with the truncated value
> is called for. Alternatively, this could be fixed by some
> max trickery but that would limit undoing high-speed undos.
> 
> Adds 16-bit hole but there isn't anything to fill it with.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Applied.

I'm sure we'll find something to put in that new u16 hole :)
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