Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: reuse sent_count to avoid retransmitted chunks for RTT measurements

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:56:32 -0300

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 02:48:25PM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 11:36:05AM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> > Now sctp uses chunk->resent to record if a chunk is retransmitted, for
> > RTT measurements with retransmitted DATA chunks. chunk->sent_count was
> > introduced to record how many times one chunk has been sent for prsctp
> > RTX policy before. We actually can know if one chunk is retransmitted
> > by checking chunk->sent_count is greater than 1.
> > 
> > This patch is to remove resent from sctp_chunk and reuse sent_count
> > to avoid retransmitted chunks for RTT measurements.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <[email-masked]>
> 
> Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <[email-masked]>

Though you may have to resend later, as we are still in merge window and
we shouldn't be posting net-next patches during it.