netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/9]: tcp-2.6 patchset

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Date:	Sun, 27 May 2007 02:11:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9]: tcp-2.6 patchset

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 10:58:27 +0300 (EEST)

> On Sat, 26 May 2007, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
> > Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 11:35:53 +0300
> > 
> > > Dave, you could consider applying other than the last one if they
> > > seem ok to you too (you'll need to rebase your tcp-2.6 in that case
> > > first to apply cleanly those that touch tcp_sync_left_out :-)).
> > 
> > Absolutely, I'll do the quick rebase of tcp-2.6 and review +
> > applying of your patches (except the last one) over the weekend.
> 
> While you're in the right context (reviewing patch 8), you could also
> look if tcp_clean_rtx_queue does a right thing when passing a strange 
> pkts_acked to congestion control modules. I wonder if it really should 
> ignore GSO the way it does currently... I read some cc module code and 
> some was adding it to snd_cwnd_cnt, etc. which is a strong indication 
> that GSO should be considered... Also if the head is GSO skb that is not 
> completely acked, the loop breaks with pkts_acked being zero, I doubt
> that can be correct... 

I rebased tcp-2.6, applied your patches 1-7 (which I'll comment
a bit on tomorrow) and will likely take a look at these issues
wrt. patch 8 tomorrow.
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