linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: add tcp_tx_skb_cache_key checking in sk_stream_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:02:16 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        MPTCP Upstream <mptcp@...ts.linux.dev>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxarm@...neuler.org,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: add tcp_tx_skb_cache_key checking in sk_stream_alloc_skb()

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:01 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
>

>
> I think the easiest way and the one with less code duplication will
> require accessing the tcp_mark_push() and skb_entail() helpers from the
> MPTCP code, making them not static and exposing them e.g. in net/tcp.h.
> Would that be acceptable or should I look for other options?
>

I think this is fine, really.