tcp: don't clear retransmit_skb_hint when not necessary
Most importantly avoid doing it with cumulative ACK. Not clearing
means that we no longer need n^2 processing in resolution of each
fast recovery.
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 220f54c..ea81572 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1037,10 +1037,15 @@
}
/* from STCP */
-static inline void tcp_clear_all_retrans_hints(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+static inline void tcp_clear_retrans_hints_partial(struct tcp_sock *tp)
{
tp->lost_skb_hint = NULL;
tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void tcp_clear_all_retrans_hints(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+ tcp_clear_retrans_hints_partial(tp);
tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
}