netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: initialize icsk_ack.lrcvtime at session start time

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:40:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: initialize icsk_ack.lrcvtime at session start
 time

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:10:21 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> icsk_ack.lrcvtime has a 0 value at socket creation time.
> 
> tcpi_last_data_recv can have bogus value if no payload is ever received.
> 
> This patch initializes icsk_ack.lrcvtime for active sessions
> in tcp_finish_connect(), and for passive sessions in
> tcp_create_openreq_child()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.