netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: do not create inetpeer on SYNACK message

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Date:	Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:24:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	hans.schillstrom@...csson.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	brouer@...hat.com, ncardwell@...gle.com, therbert@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: do not create inetpeer on SYNACK message

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:00:26 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Another problem on SYNFLOOD/DDOS attack is the inetpeer cache getting
> larger and larger, using lots of memory and cpu time.
> 
> tcp_v4_send_synack()
> ->inet_csk_route_req()
>  ->ip_route_output_flow()
>   ->rt_set_nexthop()
>    ->rt_init_metrics()
>     ->inet_getpeer( create = true)
> 
> This is a side effect of commit a4daad6b09230 (net: Pre-COW metrics for
> TCP) added in 2.6.39
> 
> Possible solution : 
> 
> Instruct inet_csk_route_req() to remove FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS 
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

This is definitely the right thing to do.

Applied, thanks Eric.
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