Stupid error from my side. Even though now that I noticed this,
I hoped it would have been an optimization but no, the counter
hint is then incorrect. Thus clearing is necessary for now (I
still suspect though that this path is never executed).
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 7a59ffe..c855791 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(s
!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked&TCPCB_SACKED_RETRANS) &&
before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
TCP_SKB_CB(tp->retransmit_skb_hint)->seq))
- tp->retransmit_skb_hint = skb;
+ tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
}
/* Forward walk starting from until a not timedout skb is encountered, timeout
--
1.4.2
