netdev - Re: [net-next 2/3] tcp: do not tcp_collapse once SYN or FIN found

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Date:   Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:43:43 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Koichiro Den <den@...ipeden.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [net-next 2/3] tcp: do not tcp_collapse once SYN or FIN found

On Sat, 2017-10-14 at 16:27 +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> Since 9f5afeae5152 ("tcp: use an RB tree for ooo receive queue")
> applied, we no longer need to continue to search for the starting
> point once we encounter FIN packet. Same reasoning for SYN packet
> since commit 9d691539eea2d ("tcp: do not enqueue skb with SYN flag"),
> that would help us with error message when actual receiving.

Very confusing changelog or patch.

What exact problem do you want to solve ?