netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] xfrm: Don't queue retransmitted packets if the original is still on the host

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Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:23:45 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] xfrm: Don't queue retransmitted packets if the
 original is still on the host

On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 16:19 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:42:47 +0200
> 
> > It does not make sense to queue retransmitted packets if the
> > original packet is still in some queue of this host. So add
> > a check to xdst_queue_output() and drop the packet if the
> > original packet is not yet sent.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
> 
> I have no problems with this, what about you Eric?

It looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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