netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] tcp: plug dst leak in tcp_v6_conn

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:35:25 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] tcp: plug dst leak in tcp_v6_conn_request()

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 13:12 -0400, Neal Cardwell wrote:
>  http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/166737/
> 
> Yes, the patches in this series were generated as patches against the
> "net" tree (sorry for not indicating that).
> 
> The dst leak on the v6 sysctl_tw_recycle code path (patches 2-5) seems
> like a pretty low priority, so I think we could simplify your plan
> even a little further... How about this as a plan: we could apply the
> first patch in the series (tcp: heed result of
> security_inet_conn_request() in tcp_v6_conn_request()) to the net tree
> now, and skip patches 2-5 for now. Once your pending synack work is in
> net-next, I can respin patches 2-5 for net-next. How does that sound?
> 

It sounds good, thanks !


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