netdev - Re: tcp: lost_cnt_hint is -1 due to tcp_shifted

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Date:	Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:47:32 -0500
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: tcp: lost_cnt_hint is -1 due to tcp_shifted_skb() processing

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Vijay Subramanian
<subramanian.vijay@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With the current net-next, I noticed tp->lost_cnt_hint is -1 in some cases which
> looks like a bug.

Hi Vijay,

I recently noticed the same issue, and our team has been working on a
fix as well. I think your analysis is mostly correct, except that the
suggested fix of moving the call to tcp_sacktag_one() earlier in
tcp_shifted_skb() also will not work, since the end sequence number of
the skb is not the correct value to use in tcp_sacktag_one() (in
addition to the beginning sequence number being incorrect, as you
noted). Tongith I'll send out the patch that we have been working
with.

neal
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