netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] RDS: TCP: socket locking RDS packet assembly fixes

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Message-Id: <20160607.151032.2112416864826499956.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
	ajaykumar.hotchandani@...cle.com, santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] RDS: TCP: socket locking RDS packet assembly
 fixes

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Sat,  4 Jun 2016 13:59:57 -0700

> This three part patchset fixes bugs in synchronization between
> rds_tcp_accept_one() and the rds-tcp send/recv path.
> 
> Patch 1 ensures that the lock_sock() is taken appropriately
> and the RDS datagram reassembly state is reset  to synchronize
> with the receive path.
> 
> Patch 2 ensures that partially sent RDS datagrams will get
> retransmitted after rds_tcp_accept_one() switches sockets.
> 
> Patch 3 fixes a race window which would prematurely re-enable
> rds_send_xmit() before the rds_tcp_connection setup has been
> completed in rds_tcp_accept_one().

Series applied, thank you.