netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix ooo_okay setting vs Small Queues

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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix ooo_okay setting vs Small Queues

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:06:35 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> TCP Small Queues (tcp_tsq_handler()) can hold one reference on
> sk->sk_wmem_alloc, preventing skb->ooo_okay being set.
> 
> We should relax test done to set skb->ooo_okay to take care
> of this extra reference.
> 
> Minimal truesize of skb containing one byte of payload is
> SKB_TRUESIZE(1)
> 
> Without this fix, we have more chance locking flows into the wrong
> transmit queue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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