linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: use data length instead of skb->len in tcp

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 22:46:09 +0800
From:   Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: use data length instead of skb->len in tcp_probe

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 05/29/2018 07:36 AM, Yafang Shao wrote:
>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:15 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>>> From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 18:14:05 +0800
>>>
>>>> skb->len is meaningless to user.
>>>> data length could be more helpful, with which we can easily filter out
>>>> the packet without payload.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
>>>
>>> Applied, thank you.
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> There's an update on this patch.
>> Pls.  see V4.
>>
>> And I will send a V5 patch per Eric's suggestion.
>
> Ah, if it is merged it might be too late.
>
> No big deal.
>

Since V3, it is changed to two patches. My bad.
Only the original single patch was merged this time.

Will change it based on the new tree.

Thanks
Yafang