From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:30:39 -0700
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@googl.com> > > liujian reported a problem in TCP_USER_TIMEOUT processing with a patch > in tcp_probe_timer() : > https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg454496.html > > After investigations, the root cause of the problem is that we update > skb->skb_mstamp of skbs in write queue, even if the attempt to send a > clone or copy of it failed. One reason being a routing problem. > > This patch prevents this, solving liujian issue. > > It also removes a potential RTT miscalculation, since > __tcp_retransmit_skb() is not OR-ing TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked with > TCPCB_EVER_RETRANS if a failure happens, but skb->skb_mstamp has > been changed. > > A future ACK would then lead to a very small RTT sample and min_rtt > would then be lowered to this too small value. > > Tested: ... > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@googl.com> > Reported-by: liujian <liujia...@huawei.com> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
