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/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index d017aed..44a4fff 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2925,7 +2925,9 @@
tcp_unlink_write_queue(skb, sk);
sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
- tcp_clear_all_retrans_hints(tp);
+ tcp_clear_retrans_hints_partial(tp);
+ if (skb == tp->retransmit_skb_hint)
+ tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
}
if (skb && (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED))
