why does net_dev.hard_start_xmit get called multiple times
with the same tcp packet?
Because the ACK is not coming back for those packets within the RTO
(which for a local network is very low). Check your TCP dumps,
the ACKs of the original data packets are being dropped in transit.
Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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