netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: undo_retrans counter fixes

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Message-Id: <20110221.113146.193731519.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:31:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ycheng@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: undo_retrans counter fixes

From: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Feb 2011 14:57:04 -0800

> Fix a bug that undo_retrans is incorrectly decremented when undo_marker is
> not set or undo_retrans is already 0. This happens when sender receives
> more DSACK ACKs than packets retransmitted during the current
> undo phase. This may also happen when sender receives DSACK after
> the undo operation is completed or cancelled.
> 
> Fix another bug that undo_retrans is incorrectly incremented when
> sender retransmits an skb and tcp_skb_pcount(skb) > 1 (TSO). This case
> is rare but not impossible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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