Updated from Linux LTS 3.10.22 to 3.10.23

net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

@@ -1877,8 +1877,12 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle,
 		 *  - better RTT estimation and ACK scheduling
 		 *  - faster recovery
 		 *  - high rates
+		 * Alas, some drivers / subsystems require a fair amount
+		 * of queued bytes to ensure line rate.
+		 * One example is wifi aggregation (802.11 AMPDU)
 		 */
-		limit = max(skb->truesize, sk->sk_pacing_rate >> 10);
+		limit = max_t(unsigned int, sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes,
+			      sk->sk_pacing_rate >> 10);
 
 		if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > limit) {
 			set_bit(TSQ_THROTTLED, &tp->tsq_flags);
@@ -3111,7 +3115,6 @@ void tcp_send_window_probe(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
 		tcp_sk(sk)->snd_wl1 = tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt - 1;
-		tcp_sk(sk)->snd_nxt = tcp_sk(sk)->write_seq;
 		tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 0);
 	}
 }