[PATCH] net: tcp: add correct check for tcp_retransmit_skb()

[Sharath Chandra Vurukala]

when the tcp_retranmission_timer expires and tcp_retranmsit_skb is
called if the retranmsission fails due to local congestion,
backoff should not incremented.

tcp_retransmit_skb() returns non-zero negative value in some cases of
failure but the caller tcp_retransmission_timer() has a check for
failure which checks if the return value is greater than zero.
The check is corrected to check for non-zero value.

Signed-off-by: Sharath Chandra Vurukala <shara...@codeaurora.org>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 091c5392..c19f371 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
 
        tcp_enter_loss(sk);
 
-       if (tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, tcp_rtx_queue_head(sk), 1) > 0) {
+       if (tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, tcp_rtx_queue_head(sk), 1) != 0) {
                /* Retransmission failed because of local congestion,
                 * do not backoff.
                 */
-- 
1.9.1