aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/net
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_input.c31
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 813f2049b85..7d843c42938 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,20 @@ static inline void tcp_reset_reno_sack(struct tcp_sock *tp)
tp->left_out = tp->lost_out;
}
+/* RFC: This is from the original, I doubt that this is necessary at all:
+ * clear xmit_retrans hint if seq of this skb is beyond hint. How could we
+ * retransmitted past LOST markings in the first place? I'm not fully sure
+ * about undo and end of connection cases, which can cause R without L?
+ */
+static void tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(struct tcp_sock *tp,
+ struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if ((tp->retransmit_skb_hint != NULL) &&
+ before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
+ TCP_SKB_CB(tp->retransmit_skb_hint)->seq))
+ tp->retransmit_skb_hint = skb;
+}
+
/* Mark head of queue up as lost. */
static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk,
int packets, u32 high_seq)
@@ -1795,14 +1809,7 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk,
if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked&TCPCB_TAGBITS)) {
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked |= TCPCB_LOST;
tp->lost_out += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
-
- /* clear xmit_retransmit_queue hints
- * if this is beyond hint */
- if (tp->retransmit_skb_hint != NULL &&
- before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
- TCP_SKB_CB(tp->retransmit_skb_hint)->seq))
- tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
-
+ tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(tp, skb);
}
}
tcp_sync_left_out(tp);
@@ -1843,13 +1850,7 @@ static void tcp_update_scoreboard(struct sock *sk)
if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked&TCPCB_TAGBITS)) {
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked |= TCPCB_LOST;
tp->lost_out += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
-
- /* clear xmit_retrans hint */
- if (tp->retransmit_skb_hint &&
- before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
- TCP_SKB_CB(tp->retransmit_skb_hint)->seq))
-
- tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
+ tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(tp, skb);
}
}