netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.24 0/3]: More TCP fixes

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Date:	Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:58:12 +0200
From:	Cedric Le Goater <legoater@...e.fr>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.24 0/3]: More TCP fixes

Hello Ilpo !

Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Sacktag fastpath_cnt_hint seems to be very tricky to get right...
> I suppose this one fixes Cedric's case. I cannot say for sure    
> until there is something more definite indication of
> tcp_retrans_try_collapse origin than what the simple late WARN_ON
> gave for us. ...Especially since it's non-trivial to have skb
> hint "correctly" positioned in the write_queue while still ending
> up calling that function. However, considering how difficult it
> seems to be for Cedric to reproduce, it might well be this one.
> 
> In addition, I noticed another reset which wasn't previously   
> converted to WARN_ON, so doing that now. Boot + simple xfer
> tested. Please apply to net-2.6.24.

I'm dropping the previous patches you sent me and switching to this patchset. 
right ?

Thanks,

C.
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