netdev - Re: TCP output handling bug ?

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:24:45 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP output handling bug ?

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:02:08 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> 
> tcp_send_syn_data:
> 
>         TCP_SKB_CB(data)->tcp_flags &= ~TCPHDR_SYN;
>         TCP_SKB_CB(data)->tcp_flags = (TCPHDR_ACK|TCPHDR_PSH);
> 
> the reporter has a point 8)
> 
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82101
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I wonder if covertity or smatch could be smart enough to catch this kind of bug?
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