netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: refresh skb timestamp at retransmit time

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 15:59:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ycheng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: refresh skb timestamp at retransmit time

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 20:55:16 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> In the very unlikely case __tcp_retransmit_skb() can not use the cloning
> done in tcp_transmit_skb(), we need to refresh skb_mstamp before doing
> the copy and transmit, otherwise TCP TS val will be an exact copy of
> original transmit.
> 
> Fixes: 7faee5c0d514 ("tcp: remove TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.