netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tcp: Initial repair mode

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Date:	Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:42:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xemul@...allels.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tcp: Initial repair mode

From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:14:22 +0400

> This includes (according the the previous description):
> 
> * TCP_REPAIR sockoption
> * Sequences sockoptions
> * Ability to forcibly bind a socket to a port
> * Immediate connect modification
> * Silent close modification
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>

There are some assumptions about the relationship between
the receive queue, copied_seq, and these other sequence
numbers which keep track of what's happening.

There are warning and assertions that trigger any time
these values appear to be out-of-whack, for example the
WARN() checks in tcp_cleanup_rbuf() and tcp_recvmsg().

I don't see anything in this code which makes sure the
other aspects of the TCP socket are in a state such
that these assertions will not potentially trigger.
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