netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix tcp_mark_head

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Message-Id: <20100319.224457.179950657.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:44:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lennart.schulte@...s.rwth-aachen.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi,
	hannemann@...s.rwth-aachen.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix tcp_mark_head_lost() with packets == 0

From: Lennart Schulte <lennart.schulte@...s.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:16:29 +0100

> A packet is marked as lost in case packets == 0, although nothing should be done.
> This results in a too early retransmitted packet during recovery in some cases.
> This small patch fixes this issue by returning immediately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lennart Schulte <lennart.schulte@...s.rwth-aachen.de>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@...s.rwth-aachen.de>

Applied, thanks.
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