netdev - Re: tcp: Do not apply TSO segment limit to non-TSO packets

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:40:38 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:	Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: tcp: Do not apply TSO segment limit to non-TSO packets

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 02:38:47PM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> SYN and FIN packets are in the send queue.
> 
> They are valid and might have a zero size.

Right, obviously I meant packets in between the SYN and the FIN.
Technically SYN/FIN are not really zero-sided since they carry
one bit of information and yes they do get cleaned while the ones
in the middle will not.

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