netdev - Re: [PATCH net] xfrm: take care of request sockets

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Date:	Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:07:52 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	davej@...emonkey.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xfrm: take care of request sockets

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:53:17 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> TCP SYNACK messages might now be attached to request sockets.
> 
> XFRM needs to get back to a listener socket.
> 
> Adds new helpers that might be used elsewhere :
> sk_to_full_sk() and sk_const_to_full_sk()
> 
> Note: We also need to add RCU protection for xfrm lookups,
> now TCP/DCCP have lockless listener processing. This will
> be addressed in separate patches.
> 
> Fixes: ca6fb0651883 ("tcp: attach SYNACK messages to request sockets instead of listener")
> Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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