netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] syncookies: avoid unneeded tcp header flag double check

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Message-Id: <20100605.025332.116365111.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fw@...len.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] syncookies: avoid unneeded tcp header
 flag double check

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Date: Thu,  3 Jun 2010 12:43:44 +0200

> caller: if (!th->rst && !th->syn && th->ack)
> callee: if (!th->ack)
> 
> make the caller only check for !syn (common for 3whs), and move
> the !rst / ack test to the callee.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Applied.
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