netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] xfrm: Don't queue retransmitted packets if the original is still on the host

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Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:34:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] xfrm: Don't queue retransmitted packets if the
 original is still on the host

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:23:45 -0700

> On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 16:19 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:42:47 +0200
>> 
>> > It does not make sense to queue retransmitted packets if the
>> > original packet is still in some queue of this host. So add
>> > a check to xdst_queue_output() and drop the packet if the
>> > original packet is not yet sent.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
>> 
>> I have no problems with this, what about you Eric?
> 
> It looks fine to me.
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Great, Steffen I assume you'll merge this in via your ipsec tree.
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