Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4: fix the conditions of enteringTCP_CA_Disorder state

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Mon Aug 05 2013 - 14:16:53 EST


On Mon, 2013-08-05 at 20:45 -0400, Dong Fang wrote:
> if have some packets loss by network, the kernel can't reach here, we can see
> the tcp_time_to_recover() function:
>
> static bool tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk, int flag)
> {
> struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> __u32 packets_out;
>
> /* Trick#1: The loss is proven. */
> if (tp->lost_out)
> return true;
> //...
> }
>
> when it return true, the following condition will be failed:
>
> //...
> if (!tcp_time_to_recover(sk, flag)) {
> tcp_try_to_open(sk, flag, prior_unsacked);
> return;
> }
> //...
>

I honestly do not understand this changelog, and how it is related to
the patch.

Also its not 'net/ipv4:' issue but 'tcp:' one


Could you please explain the issue again ?

Thanks !


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