netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tproxy: do not assign timewait sockets to skb->sk

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Message-ID: <20110217205249.GF8821@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc>
Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:52:49 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@...abit.hu>
Cc:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@...abit.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tproxy: do not assign timewait sockets to skb->sk

Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@...abit.hu> wrote:
> the only issue I see with this solution is that late packets will not be delivered to the proper socket, and will possibly be going to the fwd chain, which might be unexpected.

Why?
They'll get the proper nfmark, so they will be routed to the local
machine. The tcp stack should find the tw socket via normal sk lookup.

Or am i missing something?
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