netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: remove wrong initialization for snd

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rghitulete@...acom.com
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dbaluta@...acom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: remove wrong initialization for snd_wl1

From: Razvan Ghitulete <rghitulete@...acom.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:30:20 +0300

> The field tp->snd_wl1 is twice initialized, the second time
> seems to be wrong as it may overwrite any update in tcp_ack.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Razvan Ghitulete <rghitulete@...acom.com>

I'll apply this, but it is mere redundancy.

The only thing tcp_ack() can set tp->snd_wl1 to is TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq
which is exactly what it is being set to here as well.
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