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Commit ccd0628f authored by Eric Dumazet's avatar Eric Dumazet Committed by David S. Miller
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tcp: tcp_sack_new_ofo_skb() should be more conservative



Currently, tcp_sack_new_ofo_skb() sends an ack if prior
acks were 'compressed', if room has to be made in tp->selective_acks[]

But there is no guarantee all four sack ranges can be included
in SACK option. As a matter of fact, when TCP timestamps option
is used, only three SACK ranges can be included.

Lets assume only two ranges can be included, and force the ack:

- When we touch more than 2 ranges in the reordering
  done if tcp_sack_extend() could be done.

- If we have at least 2 ranges when adding a new one.

This enforces that before a range is in third or fourth
position, at least one ACK packet included it in first/second
position.

Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: default avatarSoheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Acked-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 2b195850
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