Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1341 commits)
  virtio_net: remove forgotten assignment
  be2net: fix tx completion polling
  sis190: fix cable detect via link status poll
  net: fix protocol sk_buff field
  bridge: Fix build error when IGMP_SNOOPING is not enabled
  bnx2x: Tx barriers and locks
  scm: Only support SCM_RIGHTS on unix domain sockets.
  vhost-net: restart tx poll on sk_sndbuf full
  vhost: fix get_user_pages_fast error handling
  vhost: initialize log eventfd context pointer
  vhost: logging thinko fix
  wireless: convert to use netdev_for_each_mc_addr
  ethtool: do not set some flags, if others failed
  ipoib: returned back addrlen check for mc addresses
  netlink: Adding inode field to /proc/net/netlink
  axnet_cs: add new id
  bridge: Make IGMP snooping depend upon BRIDGE.
  bridge: Add multicast count/interval sysfs entries
  bridge: Add hash elasticity/max sysfs entries
  bridge: Add multicast_snooping sysfs toggle
  ...

Trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 3fddc69ccccc..788851ca8c5d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ int sysctl_tcp_frto __read_mostly = 2;
 int sysctl_tcp_frto_response __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_nometrics_save __read_mostly;
 
+int sysctl_tcp_thin_dupack __read_mostly;
+
 int sysctl_tcp_moderate_rcvbuf __read_mostly = 1;
 int sysctl_tcp_abc __read_mostly;
 
@@ -2447,6 +2449,16 @@ static int tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	/* If a thin stream is detected, retransmit after first
+	 * received dupack. Employ only if SACK is supported in order
+	 * to avoid possible corner-case series of spurious retransmissions
+	 * Use only if there are no unsent data.
+	 */
+	if ((tp->thin_dupack || sysctl_tcp_thin_dupack) &&
+	    tcp_stream_is_thin(tp) && tcp_dupack_heuristics(tp) > 1 &&
+	    tcp_is_sack(tp) && !tcp_send_head(sk))
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }