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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index a86d8200a1e8..156264531124 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -927,10 +927,11 @@ int tcp_send_mss(struct sock *sk, int *size_goal, int flags)
return mss_now;
}
-/* In some cases, both sendmsg() could have added an skb to the write queue,
- * but failed adding payload on it. We need to remove it to consume less
+/* In some cases, sendmsg() could have added an skb to the write queue,
+ * but failed adding payload on it. We need to remove it to consume less
* memory, but more importantly be able to generate EPOLLOUT for Edge Trigger
- * epoll() users.
+ * epoll() users. Another reason is that tcp_write_xmit() does not like
+ * finding an empty skb in the write queue.
*/
void tcp_remove_empty_skb(struct sock *sk)
{
@@ -1289,6 +1290,7 @@ new_segment:
wait_for_space:
set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
+ tcp_remove_empty_skb(sk);
if (copied)
tcp_push(sk, flags & ~MSG_MORE, mss_now,
TCP_NAGLE_PUSH, size_goal);