netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: avoid oops in tcp_metrics and reset tcpm

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Message-Id: <20120723.005809.730802545667962757.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:58:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ja@....bg
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: avoid oops in tcp_metrics and reset tcpm_stamp

From: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:46:38 +0300

> 	In tcp_tw_remember_stamp we incorrectly checked tw
> instead of tm, it can lead to oops if the cached entry is
> not found.
> 
> 	tcpm_stamp was not updated in tcpm_check_stamp when
> tcpm_suck_dst was called, move the update into tcpm_suck_dst,
> so that we do not call it infinitely on every next cache hit
> after TCP_METRICS_TIMEOUT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>

Applied, thanks Julian.
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