netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: fix tcp_xmit_retransmit

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:19:44 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ycheng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: fix tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() after
 rbtree introduction

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:38:35 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> I tried to hard avoiding a call to rb_first() (via tcp_rtx_queue_head)
> in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(). But this was probably too bold.
> 
> Quoting Yuchung :
> 
> We might miss re-arming the RTO if tp->retransmit_skb_hint is not NULL.
> This can happen when RACK marks the first packet lost again and resets
> tp->retransmit_skb_hint for example (tcp_rack_mark_skb_lost())
> 
> Fixes: 75c119afe14f ("tcp: implement rb-tree based retransmit queue")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Applied.