netdev - Re: [net-next v2 02/13] tcp: tcp_v[46]_conn_request: fix snt

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 22:24:25 -0400
From:	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Daniel Lee <longinus00@...il.com>,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>, Jerry Chu <hkchu@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 02/13] tcp: tcp_v[46]_conn_request: fix snt_synack initialization

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com> wrote:
> So I would suggest that we fix this inconsistency you have noted by
> removing the two lines in tcp_v4_send_synack() that touch snt_synack.
> That is the approach we have been using at Google recently, and I
> think it was an oversight that we didn't remove those two lines.

I see David merged the patch series tonight, so since I came late to
the party I'm happy to make and test this change if there is consensus
that this is reasonable.

neal
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