netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [TCP]: Push fack_count calculation deeper into functions

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Message-Id: <20071211.041657.144576130.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:16:57 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [TCP]: Push fack_count calculation deeper into
 functions

From: "Ilpo_Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:50:38 +0200

> This shouldn't have a significant impact because the call to
> tcp_sacktag_one is typically made just once per ACK (this
> doesn't hold if there were some ACK losses in between or the
> receiver didn't generate all ACKs that it should have, but
> those are not very likely events to occur).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Applied.

Note that the LRO code will generate stretch ACKs for
in-order normal ACKs, it is something to keep in mind
about this but seems irrelevant for the code you are
touching.
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