netdev - Re: [PATCH] Discard tcp out-of-order queue if system limit is reached

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:01:45 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	vgusev@...nvz.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Discard tcp out-of-order queue if system limit is reached

David Miller wrote:
> From: Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@...nvz.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:54:44 +0400
> 
>> tcp_prune_queue() doesn't prune an out-of-order queue if socket
>> is under rcvbuf. However even if socket is under rcvbuf but system-wide limit is
>> reached then skb cannot be queued. It can lead to deadlock situation as any skb that
>> fills sequence hole is dropped.
>> So discard out-of-order queue if system-wide limit is reached.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@...nvz.org>
> 
> I applied your original patch already, so I added the following
> relative patch.

Could you please at least update the original description to the
one from the new patch? That one was somewhat misleading imho.

-Andi

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