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Message-ID: <4B040CDE.6030507@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:58 -0500
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
To: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v6 5/7 RFC] TCPCT part 1e: implement socket
option TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS
William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Provide per socket control of the TCP cookie option and SYN/SYNACK data.
>
> This is a straightforward re-implementation of an earlier (year-old)
> patch that no longer applies cleanly, with permission of the original
> author (Adam Langley):
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/102586
>
> The principle difference is using a TCP option to carry the cookie nonce,
> instead of a user configured offset in the data.
>
> Allocations have been rearranged to avoid requiring GFP_ATOMIC.
>
> Requires:
> net: TCP_MSS_DEFAULT, TCP_MSS_DESIRED
> TCPCT part 1c: sysctl_tcp_cookie_size, socket option TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS
> TCPCT part 1d: define TCP cookie option, extend existing struct's
>
> Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@...il.com
> ---
> net/ipv4/tcp.c | 133
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Although we've had one comment, explaining that the future documentation
will be sent to another email list, there are still no technical comments.
Same patch as before. Seeking Acks.
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