netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] RDS: TCP: Avoid rds connection churn from rogue SYNs

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Message-ID: <bac715b0-569b-4017-51fe-7763ba77ca52@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 11:33:59 -0700
From:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
	ajaykumar.hotchandani@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] RDS: TCP: Avoid rds connection churn from rogue
 SYNs

On 5/18/2016 10:06 AM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> When a rogue SYN is received after the connection arbitration
> algorithm has converged, the incoming SYN should not needlessly
> quiesce the transmit path, and it should not result in needless
> TCP connection resets due to re-execution of the connection
> arbitration logic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>