'gap' is unsigned, so this code is wrong:
    gap = -new_head;
    ...
    if (gap > 0) { ... }
Make 'gap' signed.
The semantic patch that finds this problem (many false-positive results):
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@ r1 @
identifier f;
@@
int f(...) { ... }
@@
identifier r1.f;
type T;
unsigned T x;
@@
*x = f(...)
 ...
*x > 0
Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
                                                 const unsigned int packets,
                                                 const unsigned char state)
 {
-       unsigned int gap;
+       long gap;
        long new_head;
 
        if (av->av_vec_len + packets > DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN)