netdev - RE: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: sctp: Open out the check for Nagle

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:12:33 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Vlad Yasevich' <vyasevich@...il.com>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"'davem@...emloft.net'" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] net: sctp: Open out the check for Nagle

From: Vlad Yasevich
...
> > +	if (inflight != 0)
> > +		/* Nothing unacked */
> > +		return SCTP_XMIT_OK;
> 
> This doesn't look right.  First, the comment doesn't match the condition.
> Second, when we have stuff in-flight we might be affected be Nagle.  Thus,
> I think the condition should be:
>        if (!inflight)
> 
> Then the commend and logic holds.

Gah, I accidentally inverted the condition :-(
I changed it to a an explicit comparison because 'inflight' is actually
the number of bytes that are unacked.

I'll repost the series later in the week.

	David



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