TCP zero windows sent even when application receive buffer is empty
Issue
- TCP zero windows are unexpectedly sent even when the applications receive buffer is empty. This should not be the case as plenty of receive buffer is available. TCP should only send zero windows when the sockets receive buffer is full.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with vmxnet3 driver and GRO support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 with ibmveth driver
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