netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: fix infinite cwnd in tcp_complete

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:45:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ncardwell@...gle.com
Cc:	ycheng@...gle.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi, nanditad@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: fix infinite cwnd in tcp_complete_cwr()

From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:25:56 -0400

> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com> wrote:
>> When the cwnd reduction is done, ssthresh may be infinite
>> if TCP enters CWR via ECN or F-RTO. If cwnd is not undone, i.e.,
>> undo_marker is set, tcp_complete_cwr() falsely set cwnd to the
>> infinite ssthresh value. The correct operation is to keep cwnd
>> intact because it has been updated in ECN or F-RTO.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
>> ---
>> ChangeLog since v1:
>>  - Add snd_cwnd_stamp timestamping in CWR mode
>>
>>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |    9 ++++++---
>>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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