From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varad...@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 10:06:22 -0700
> We have been testing the RDS-TCP code with a connection spammer > that sends incoming SYNs to the RDS listen port well after > an rds-tcp connection has been established, and found a few > race-windows that are fixed by this patch series. > > Patch 1 avoids a null pointer deref when an incoming SYN > shows up when a netns is being dismantled, or when the > rds-tcp module is being unloaded. > > Patch 2 addresses the case when a SYN is received after the > connection arbitration algorithm has converged: the incoming > SYN should not needlessly quiesce the transmit path, and it > should not result in needless TCP connection resets due to > re-execution of the connection arbitration logic. Series applied, thanks.
