netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove obsolete comment about TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when in tcp

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Date:	Sat, 06 Sep 2014 08:30:36 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com,
	ycheng@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove obsolete comment about
 TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when in tcp_fragment()

On Sat, 2014-09-06 at 11:18 -0400, Neal Cardwell wrote:
> The TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when field no longer exists as of recent change
> 7faee5c0d514 ("tcp: remove TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when"). And in any case,
> tcp_fragment() is called on already-transmitted packets from the
> __tcp_retransmit_skb() call site, so copying timestamps of any kind
> in this spot is quite sensible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 3 ---

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


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