netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Split BUG_ON() in tcp_tso_should

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Message-Id: <20180108.141241.1029776389232451671.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:12:41 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sbrivio@...hat.com
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Split BUG_ON() in tcp_tso_should_defer()
 into two assertions

From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  5 Jan 2018 00:38:05 +0100

> The two conditions triggering BUG_ON() are somewhat unrelated:
> the tcp_skb_pcount() check is meant to catch TSO flaws, the
> second one checks sanity of congestion window bookkeeping.
> 
> Split them into two separate BUG_ON() assertions on two lines,
> so that we know which one actually triggers, when they do.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>

Applied.