netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] [TCP]: Fix mark_head_lost to ignore R-bit when trying to mark L

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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:33:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, takano@...-inc.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] [TCP]: Fix mark_head_lost to ignore R-bit when
 trying to mark L

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:41:02 +0300

> This condition (plain R) can arise at least in recovery that
> is triggered after tcp_undo_loss. There isn't any reason why
> they should not be marked as lost, not marking makes in_flight
> estimator to return too large values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Nice observation, applied, thanks Ilpo.
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