Re: timer_bh robusteness fix against potential deadlocks

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 21:40:23 EST

   Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:49:56 +0100 (CET)
   From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>

   @@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@
                            */
                           if(tcp_in_quickack_mode(tp))
                                   tcp_exit_quickack_mode(tp);
   + if (!tp->ato)
   + tp->ato = tp->rto;
                           tcp_send_delayed_ack(tp, HZ/2);
                           return;
                   }

Yep, I bet this is it. Good spotting.

Both of these fixes to tcp_output.c are in my tree now.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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