netdev - Re: [BUG?] tcp: potential bug in tcp_is_sackblock

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Date:	Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:07:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	zheng.z.yan@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [BUG?] tcp: potential bug in tcp_is_sackblock_valid()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:35:44 +0200

> Le vendredi 09 septembre 2011 à 09:45 +0800, Yan, Zheng a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I found a check in tcp_is_sackblock_valid() is suspicious. It against
>> its comment and RFC. I think the correct check should be:
>> 
>> ---
>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> index 385c470..a5d01b1 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
>> @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static int tcp_is_sackblock_valid(struct tcp_sock *tp, int is_dsack,
>>                 return 0;
>>  
>>         /* ...Then it's D-SACK, and must reside below snd_una completely */
>> -       if (!after(end_seq, tp->snd_una))
>> +       if (after(end_seq, tp->snd_una))
>>                 return 0;
>>  
>>         if (!before(start_seq, tp->undo_marker))
>> ---
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> This bug was introduced in 2.6.24 by commit 5b3c9882

Yan, please repost this patch with proper commit message and signoffs
so I can apply it, thanks.
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