netdev - Re: [PATCH] [TCP] FRTO: remove unnecessary fackets/sacked

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Date:	Mon, 07 May 2007 00:47:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TCP] FRTO: remove unnecessary fackets/sacked_out
 recounting

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:34:33 +0300 (EEST)

> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> 
> > F-RTO does not touch SACKED_ACKED bits at all, so there is no
> > need to recount them in tcp_enter_frto_loss. After removal of
> > the else branch, the nested ifs can be combined.
> 
> Just in case you come across this, please do not apply it! I noticed that 
> even though it seems very innocent change, it will cause S+L when SACK is 
> not in use because sacked_out is not reset. I'll provide updated patch for 
> this later on...

Ok.
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