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-rw-r--r--net/dccp/timer.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/dccp/timer.c b/net/dccp/timer.c
index 8447742f5615..bda0af639ae4 100644
--- a/net/dccp/timer.c
+++ b/net/dccp/timer.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void dccp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
/* retransmit timer is used for feature negotiation throughout
* connection. In this case, no packet is re-transmitted, but rather an
- * ack is generated and pending changes are splaced into its options.
+ * ack is generated and pending changes are placed into its options.
*/
if (sk->sk_send_head == NULL) {
dccp_pr_debug("feat negotiation retransmit timeout %p\n", sk);
@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ static void dccp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
/*
* sk->sk_send_head has to have one skb with
* DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_type set to one of the retransmittable DCCP
- * packet types (REQUEST, RESPONSE, the ACK in the 3way handshake
- * (PARTOPEN timer), etc).
- */
+ * packet types. The only packets eligible for retransmission are:
+ * -- Requests in client-REQUEST state (sec. 8.1.1)
+ * -- Acks in client-PARTOPEN state (sec. 8.1.5)
+ * -- CloseReq in server-CLOSEREQ state (sec. 8.3)
+ * -- Close in node-CLOSING state (sec. 8.3) */
BUG_TRAP(sk->sk_send_head != NULL);
/*