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Bug 427205

Summary: RHEL5, make tcp_input_metrics() get minimum RTO via tcp_rto_min()
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Anton Arapov <anton>
Component: kernelAssignee: Anton Arapov <anton>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Jenner <mjenner>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 5.2CC: dzickus, lwang, nobody
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2008-0314 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-21 15:05:30 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 427204    
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Description Anton Arapov 2008-01-02 09:37:18 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #427204 +++

tcp_input_metrics() refers to the built-time constant TCP_RTO_MIN regardless of
configured minimum RTO with iproute2.

this fix is needed against bz#303011:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=303011

patch in upstream:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=488faa2ae32c2f8b1ffda5c7fae5eb7c979acc15
Comment 1 Anton Arapov 2008-01-02 10:14:27 UTC 
Created attachment 290642 [details]
proposed patch

backported from upstream
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2008-01-14 07:36:41 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 3 Don Zickus 2008-01-21 17:30:29 UTC 
in 2.6.18-71.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 15:05:30 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0314.html