Please try this patch, it should be cured now:
--- vanilla/linux/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c Wed Apr 28 09:51:57 1999
+++ linux/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c Sat May 8 22:29:05 1999
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
*
* Implementation of the Transmission Control Protocol(TCP).
*
- * Version: $Id: tcp_output.c,v 1.107 1999/04/28 16:08:12 davem Exp $
+ * Version: $Id: tcp_output.c,v 1.108 1999/05/08 21:48:59 davem Exp $
*
* Authors: Ross Biro, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Fred N. van Kempen, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
@@ -521,24 +521,39 @@
void tcp_simple_retransmit(struct sock *sk)
{
struct tcp_opt *tp = &(sk->tp_pinfo.af_tcp);
- struct sk_buff *skb;
- unsigned int mss = tcp_current_mss(sk);
+ struct sk_buff *skb, *old_next_skb;
+ unsigned int mss = tcp_current_mss(sk);
/* Don't muck with the congestion window here. */
tp->dup_acks = 0;
tp->high_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
- tp->retrans_head = NULL;
+ tp->retrans_head = NULL;
/* Input control flow will see that this was retransmitted
* and not use it for RTT calculation in the absence of
* the timestamp option.
*/
- for (skb = skb_peek(&sk->write_queue);
+ for (old_next_skb = skb = skb_peek(&sk->write_queue);
((skb != tp->send_head) &&
(skb != (struct sk_buff *)&sk->write_queue));
- skb = skb->next)
- if (skb->len > mss)
- tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, skb);
+ skb = skb->next) {
+ int resend_skb = 0;
+
+ /* Our goal is to push out the packets which we
+ * sent already, but are being chopped up now to
+ * account for the PMTU information we have.
+ *
+ * As we resend the queue, packets are fragmented
+ * into two pieces, and when we try to send the
+ * second piece it may be collapsed together with
+ * a subsequent packet, and so on. -DaveM
+ */
+ if (old_next_skb != skb || skb->len > mss)
+ resend_skb = 1;
+ old_next_skb = skb->next;
+ if (resend_skb != 0)
+ tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, skb);
+ }
}
static __inline__ void update_retrans_head(struct sock *sk)
-
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