netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] mptcp: add and use mptcp_data

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:09:44 -0800 (PST)
From:   Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] mptcp: add and use mptcp_data_ready
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2020, Florian Westphal wrote:

> allows us to schedule the work queue to drain the ssk receive queue in
> a followup patch.
>
> This is needed to avoid sending all-to-pessimistic mptcp-level
> acknowledgements.  At this time, the ack_seq is what was last read by
> userspace instead of the highest in-sequence number queued for reading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>

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