---

yaml
---
r: 41638
b: refs/heads/master
c: 08a29e4
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 75356f27ed4f85bd789a822bca3fc5e92e334140
+refs/heads/master: 08a29e41bb6d6516b0f65e19381f537168d1768e

trunk/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);
 
 	/*