tcp: Fix tcp_mark_head_lost() with packets == 0

A packet is marked as lost in case packets == 0, although nothing should be done.
This results in a too early retransmitted packet during recovery in some cases.
This small patch fixes this issue by returning immediately.

Signed-off-by: Lennart Schulte <lennart.schulte@nets.rwth-aachen.de>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@nets.rwth-aachen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -2511,6 +2511,9 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk, int packets)
 	int err;
 	unsigned int mss;
 
+	if (packets == 0)
+		return;
+
 	WARN_ON(packets > tp->packets_out);
 	if (tp->lost_skb_hint) {
 		skb = tp->lost_skb_hint;