-/* Returns the portion of skb which can be sent right away without
- * introducing MSS oddities to segment boundaries. In rare cases where
- * mss_now != mss_cache, we will request caller to create a small skb
- * per input skb which could be mostly avoided here (if desired).
- *
- * We explicitly want to create a request for splitting write queue tail
- * to a small skb for Nagle purposes while avoiding unnecessary modulos,
- * thus all the complexity (cwnd_len is always MSS multiple which we
- * return whenever allowed by the other factors). Basically we need the
- * modulo only when the receiver window alone is the limiting factor or
- * when we would be allowed to send the split-due-to-Nagle skb fully.
+/* Minshall's variant of the Nagle send check. */
+static bool tcp_minshall_check(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+ return after(tp->snd_sml, tp->snd_una) &&
+ !after(tp->snd_sml, tp->snd_nxt);
+}
+
+/* Update snd_sml if this skb is under mss
+ * Note that a TSO packet might end with a sub-mss segment
+ * The test is really :
+ * if ((skb->len % mss) != 0)
+ * tp->snd_sml = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq;
+ * But we can avoid doing the divide again given we already have
+ * skb_pcount = skb->len / mss_now
+ */
+static void tcp_minshall_update(struct tcp_sock *tp, unsigned int mss_now,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if (skb->len < tcp_skb_pcount(skb) * mss_now)
+ tp->snd_sml = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq;
+}
+
+/* Return false, if packet can be sent now without violation Nagle's rules:
+ * 1. It is full sized. (provided by caller in %partial bool)
+ * 2. Or it contains FIN. (already checked by caller)
+ * 3. Or TCP_CORK is not set, and TCP_NODELAY is set.
+ * 4. Or TCP_CORK is not set, and all sent packets are ACKed.
+ * With Minshall's modification: all sent small packets are ACKed.