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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TCP]: Bind fackets_out state to highest_sack more
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:31:27 -0800 (PST)
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=46rom: "Ilpo_J=E4rvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:27:24 +0200 (EET)

> Added checks will catch most of the errors if the current
> complex fack_count counting logic is flawed somewhere.
>=20
> Fackets_out should always be advancable if highest_sack is too
> because the fackets_out is nowadays accurate (and obviously it
> must be smaller than packets_out).
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo J=E4rvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>

Applied to net-2.6.25, thanks!