netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] RDS: TCP: HA/Failover fixes

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:35:37 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] RDS: TCP: HA/Failover fixes

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:29:47 -0800

> This series contains a set of fixes for bugs exposed when
> we ran the following in a loop between a test machine pair:
> 
>  while (1); do
>    # modprobe rds-tcp on test nodes
>    # run rds-stress in bi-dir mode between test machine pair 
>    # modprobe -r rds-tcp on test nodes
>  done
> 
> rds-stress in bi-dir mode will cause both nodes to initiate
> RDS-TCP connections at almost the same instant, exposing the 
> bugs fixed in this series. 
> 
> Without the fixes, rds-stress reports sporadic packet drops,
> and packets arriving out of sequence. After the fixes,we have
> been able to run the  test overnight, without any issues.
> 
> Each patch has a detailed description of the root-cause fixed
> by the patch.

Series applied, thank you.