netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] tcp: fixing TLP's FIN recovery

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:06:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	per.hurtig@....se
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, panweiping3@...il.com, nanditad@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, anna.brunstrom@....se,
	mohammad.rajiullah@....se, ncardwell@...gle.com,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] tcp: fixing TLP's FIN recovery

From: Per Hurtig <per.hurtig@....se>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:08:32 +0200

> Fix to a problem observed when losing a FIN segment that does not
> contain data.  In such situations, TLP is unable to recover from
> *any* tail loss and instead adds at least PTO ms to the
> retransmission process, i.e., RTO = RTO + PTO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Per Hurtig <per.hurtig@....se>

Applied, thanks.
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