netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: avoid spurious SYN flood detection at listen() time

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Message-Id: <20151014.190910.46060543822756241.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:09:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: avoid spurious SYN flood detection at
 listen() time

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:16:49 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> At listen() time, there is a small window where listener is visible with
> a zero backlog, triggering a spurious "Possible SYN flooding on port"
> message.
> 
> Nothing prevents us from setting the correct backlog.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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