netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: restore rcv

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Message-Id: <20120917.132521.2171143815764276535.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	avagin@...nvz.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xemul@...allels.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: restore rcv_wscale in a repair mode

From: Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:28:07 +0400

> This patch doesn't break a backward compatibility.
> If someone uses it in a old scheme, a rcv window
> will be restored with the same bug (rcv_wscale = 0).

The whole world is not little-endian.  This does in fact break
backwards compatability.

You will need to extend this in a more reasonable manner.
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