Re: [PATCH net] tcp: do not mangle skb->cb[] in tcp_make_synack()

2017-11-02 Thread David Miller
From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:30:25 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > Christoph Paasch sent a patch to address the following issue : > > tcp_make_synack() is leaving some TCP private info in skb->cb[], > then send the packet by other means than tcp_transmit_skb() > > tcp_transmit_

Re: [PATCH net] tcp: do not mangle skb->cb[] in tcp_make_synack()

2017-11-02 Thread Christoph Paasch
On 02/11/17 - 12:30:25, Eric Dumazet wrote: > From: Eric Dumazet > > Christoph Paasch sent a patch to address the following issue : > > tcp_make_synack() is leaving some TCP private info in skb->cb[], > then send the packet by other means than tcp_transmit_skb() > > tcp_transmit_skb() makes sur

[PATCH net] tcp: do not mangle skb->cb[] in tcp_make_synack()

2017-11-02 Thread Eric Dumazet
From: Eric Dumazet Christoph Paasch sent a patch to address the following issue : tcp_make_synack() is leaving some TCP private info in skb->cb[], then send the packet by other means than tcp_transmit_skb() tcp_transmit_skb() makes sure to clear skb->cb[] to not confuse IPv4/IPV6 stacks, but we