netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] tcp: replace cnt & rtt with struct in pkts

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Message-Id: <20160510.234758.925276118117758879.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 23:47:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brakmo@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, ncardwell@...gle.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, ycheng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] tcp: replace cnt & rtt with struct in
 pkts_acked()

From: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 13:11:09 -0700

> Replace 2 arguments (cnt and rtt) in the congestion control modules'
> pkts_acked() function with a struct. This will allow adding more
> information without having to modify existing congestion control
> modules (tcp_nv in particular needs bytes in flight when packet
> was sent).
> 
> As proposed by Neal Cardwell in his comments to the tcp_nv patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>
> Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.