tcp: remove obsolete validity concern

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 957c4e3..6f2a3f4 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2087,10 +2087,6 @@ void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *sk)
        if (!tcp_can_forward_retransmit(sk))
                return;
 
-       /* If nothing is SACKed, highest_sack in the loop won't be valid */
-       if (!tp->sacked_out)
-               return;
-
        if (tp->forward_skb_hint)
                skb = tp->forward_skb_hint;
        else