- /* Don't lost mark skbs that were fwd transmitted after RTO */
- if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED) &&
- !after(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, tp->frto_highmark)) {
+ /* Marking forward transmissions that were made after RTO lost
+ * can cause unnecessary retransmissions in some scenarios,
+ * SACK blocks will mitigate that in some but not in all cases.
+ * We used to not mark them but it was causing break-ups with
+ * receivers that do only in-order receival.
+ *
+ * TODO: we could detect presence of such receiver and select
+ * different behavior per flow.
+ */
+ if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED)) {