[DCCP] ccid3: Perform history operations only after packet has been sent
This migrates all packet history operations into the routine ccid3_hc_tx_packet_sent, thereby removing synchronization problems that occur when, as before, the operations are spread over multiple routines. The following minor simplifications are also applied: * several simplifications now follow from this change - several tests are now no longer required * removal of one unnecessary variable (dp) Justification: Currently packet history operations span two different routines, one of which is likely to pass through several iterations of sleeping and awakening. The first routine, ccid3_hc_tx_send_packet, allocates an entry and sets a few fields. The remaining fields are filled in when the second routine (which is not within a sleeping context), ccid3_hc_tx_packet_sent, is called. This has several strong drawbacks: * it is not necessary to split history operations - all fields can be filled in by the second routine * the first routine is called multiple times, until a packet can be sent, and sleeps meanwhile - this causes a lot of difficulties with regard to keeping the list consistent * since both routines do not have a producer-consumer like synchronization, it is very difficult to maintain data across calls to these routines * the fact that the routines are called in different contexts (sleeping, not sleeping) adds further problems Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
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