netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] tcp: consolidate PRR packet accounting

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Date:	Wed, 29 May 2013 20:41:39 -0400
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>,
	Andreas Terzis <aterzis@...gle.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] tcp: consolidate PRR packet accounting

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com> wrote:
> This patch series fix an undo bug in fast recovery: the sender
> mistakenly undos the cwnd too early but continue fast retransmits
> until all pending data are acked. This also multiplicates the SNMP
> stat PARTIALUNDO events by the degree of the network reordering.
>
> The first patch prepares the fix by consolidating the accounting
> of newly_acked_sacked in tcp_cwnd_reduction(), instead of updating
> newly_acked_sacked everytime sacked_out is adjusted.  Also pass
> acked and prior_unsacked as const type because they are readonly
> in the rest of recovery processing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
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