netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential underestimation on rcv

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:03:36 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     weiwan@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential underestimation on rcv_rtt

From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:28:58 -0800

> From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> 
> When ms timestamp is used, current logic uses 1us in
> tcp_rcv_rtt_update() when the real rcv_rtt is within 1 - 999us.
> This could cause rcv_rtt underestimation.
> Fix it by always using a min value of 1ms if ms timestamp is used.
> 
> Fixes: 645f4c6f2ebd ("tcp: switch rcv_rtt_est and rcvq_space to high
> resolution timestamps")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Please, in the future, do not wrap long Fixes: tag lines.  Also, do
not add an empty line between Fixes: and other tags like Signed-off-by.
That are all tags and belong together as a seamless block of text.

Thank you.