netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] tcp: add rfc3168, section 6.1.1.1. fallback

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 16:54:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fw@...len.de,
	mirja.kuehlewind@....ee.ethz.ch, trammell@....ee.ethz.ch,
	edumazet@...gle.com, dave.taht@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] tcp: add rfc3168, section 6.1.1.1. fallback

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 21:33:42 +0200

> This work as a follow-up of commit f7b3bec6f516 ("net: allow setting ecn
> via routing table") and adds RFC3168 section 6.1.1.1. fallback for outgoing
> ECN connections. In other words, this work adds a retry with a non-ECN
> setup SYN packet, as suggested from the RFC on the first timeout:
> 
>   [...] A host that receives no reply to an ECN-setup SYN within the
>   normal SYN retransmission timeout interval MAY resend the SYN and
>   any subsequent SYN retransmissions with CWR and ECE cleared. [...]
 ...
> Reference: https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/92/slides/slides-92-iccrg-1.pdf
> Reference: https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/89/slides/slides-89-tsvarea-1.pdf
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Signed-off-by: Mirja Kühlewind <mirja.kuehlewind@....ee.ethz.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Trammell <trammell@....ee.ethz.ch>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Dave Täht <dave.taht@...il.com>
> ---
>  v2 -> v3:
>   - Very sorry. Typo happened in Dave's name since v1, getting it right
>     this time, no bad intentions. ;)
>  v1 -> v2:
>   - Added suggestion from Eric to let ecn_flags be cleared eventually in
>     tcp_ecn_rcv_synack(), thanks!
>   - Rest as is.

Applied, thanks everyone.
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