Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: TCP bug? | Date | Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:13:19 +0100 | From | Olaf Titz <> |
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> I'm not surprised that the problem exists. 2.0 previously had problems with > route changes on TCP retransmits, there are probably other horrors lurking > too. The problem is that in 2.0 the retransmit queue is managed by the link > layer, which causes all kinds of problems. In 2.1/2.2 all this was solved > bya rewrite - TCP packets in the retransmit queue are headerless now
Does this mean that it is safe now in 2.1 to change the skbuff's contents by the driver without confusing upper layers (bogus :-) retransmit mechanism? This would mean I could re-enable an optimiziation in CIPE I had to take out for 2.0 because of exactly the problem described above.
olaf
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