netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix tcp splice length

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Message-Id: <20090126.221452.157337515.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:14:52 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	dm@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, w@....eu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix tcp splice length

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:10:34 +0100

> Nice spot Dimitris !
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

Ok, I'll apply this.

> This fixes a bug present in previous linux versions (before commit 
> 33966dd0e2f68f26943cd9ee93ec6abbc6547a8e tcp: splice as many packets
>  as possible at once)
>  
> It should be backported as well, changing tss->len by min(tss->len, len) ?

Indeed, I'll queue this up for -stable to remind myself about
this.

Thanks Eric.
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