netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: fixing TLP's FIN recovery

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:32:57 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Weiping Pan <panweiping3@...il.com>
Cc:	Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>,
	Per Hurtig <per.hurtig@....se>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anna Brunström <anna.brunstrom@....se>,
	mohammad.rajiullah@....se, Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: fixing TLP's FIN recovery

On Thu, 2014-06-12 at 22:21 +0800, Weiping Pan wrote:
> When we queue an out of order pure FIN packet, we do not check whether 
> it has data or not.
> tcp_rcv_established
> -->tcp_data_queue
> ---->tcp_data_queue_ofo
> 
> Then the pure FIN packet can generate SACK, which will trigger fast 
> recovery or early retransmit on the sender.
> >
> > If you have verified that a pure FIN does indeed trigger recovery, can
> > you tell me what part of the code makes that happen?
> Here is the patch I use, I think the original if statement is useless, 
> so I delete it.

Yes, this is exactly what we agreed, and what we tested as well here at
Google.

Per, can you submit an updated official version of the patch ?

Thanks


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