netdev - RE: [PATCH V2 2/7] tcp: use limited socket backlog

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Date:	Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:21:48 +0800
From:	"Zhu, Yi" <yi.zhu@...el.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	"Pekka Savola (ipv6)" <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 2/7] tcp: use limited socket backlog

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> Then its a separate bug. MD5 support added so many bugs its not even
> funny.

> Existing bugs are not an excuse for adding new ones, we try the reverse.
> No ?

Can you show me where sk_drops is used by TCP and what SNMP MIB value
should I use for backlog dropping? TCP_MIB_INERRS doesn't seem correct.

Thanks,
-yi