netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove obsolete comment about TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when in tcp

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Message-Id: <20140906.122931.153026708934046806.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 06 Sep 2014 12:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ncardwell@...gle.com
Cc:	edumazet@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove obsolete comment about
 TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when in tcp_fragment()

From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Date: Sat,  6 Sep 2014 11:18:20 -0400

> The TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when field no longer exists as of recent change
> 7faee5c0d514 ("tcp: remove TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when"). And in any case,
> tcp_fragment() is called on already-transmitted packets from the
> __tcp_retransmit_skb() call site, so copying timestamps of any kind
> in this spot is quite sensible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Neal.
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