- * flowing even if the window goes shut. If an output is attempted when there
- * is data ready to transmit, but nothing gets sent because the window
- * is shut, then we start the TCPT_PERSIST timer, and at intervals
- * send a single byte into the peers window to force him to update
+ * flowing even if the window goes shut. If all previous transmissions
+ * have been acknowledged (so that there are no retransmissions in progress),
+ * and the window is shut, then we start the TCPT_PERSIST timer, and at
+ * intervals send a single byte into the peers window to force him to update