netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] sctp: send abort chunk when max

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Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:51:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevich@...il.com
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sctp: send abort chunk when max_retrans exceeded

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:25:56 -0500

> On 11/20/2012 03:14 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
>> In the event that an association exceeds its max_retrans attempts, we
>> should
>> send an ABORT chunk indicating that we are closing the assocation as a
>> result.
>> Because of the nature of the error, its unlikely to be received, but
>> its a nice
>> clean way to close the association if it does make it through, and it
>> will give
>> anyone watching via tcpdump a clue as to what happened.
>>
>> Change notes:
>> v2)
>> 	* Removed erroneous changes from sctp_make_violation_parmlen
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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