netdev - Re: [TCP] Probable bug in icsk_probes

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:11:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TCP] Probable bug in icsk_probes_out handling ?

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:22:00 +0200

> David Miller a écrit :
> > From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:35:19 +0200
> > 
> >> Apparently, we can in some situations reset TCP connections in a couple of seconds when some frames are lost.
> > 
> > I think it is some optimization that went in between 2.2.x and 2.4.x
> > which took things a little bit too far.
> > 
> > Please try this patch:
> 
> Yes, this patch solves the problem. 
> I tried a similar patch yesterday but was not sure about its validity.
> Thanks a lot David.

Thanks for testing.
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