netdev - Re: [PATCH] sctp: do not update a_rwnd if we are not issuing a sack

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Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...driver.com, vyasevich@...il.com,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: do not update a_rwnd if we are not issuing a sack

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:39:18 -0300

> The SACK can be lost pretty much elsewhere, but if its allocation fail,
> we know we are not sending it, so it is better to revert a_rwnd to its
> previous value as this may give it a chance to issue a window update
> later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Applied.