netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: Remove __sk_dst_reset() in tcp_v6

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:14:12 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Wei Wang <tracywwnj@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>, Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: Remove __sk_dst_reset() in
 tcp_v6_connect()

On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 10:59 -0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> 
> Remove __sk_dst_reset() in the failure handling because __sk_dst_reset()
> will eventually get called when sk is released. No need to handle it in
> the protocol specific connect call.
> This is also to make the code path consistent with ipv4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> ---

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks.