netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: only take RTT from timestamps if new data is acked

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Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:02:41 -0400
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: only take RTT from timestamps if new data is acked

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com> wrote:
> Patch ed08495c3 "tcp: use RTT from SACK for RTO" has a bug that
> it does not check if the ACK acknowledge new data before taking
> the RTT sample from TCP timestamps. This patch adds the check
> back as required by the RFC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

neal
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