netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: increment sk_drops on syn

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Message-Id: <20160825.164331.414181782282211402.davem@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ncardwell@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com,
        julieng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: increment sk_drops on syn_recv state

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:50:24 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> TCP MD5 mismatches do increment sk_drops counter in all states but
> SYN_RECV.
> 
> This is very unlikely to happen in the real world, but worth adding
> to help diagnostics.
> 
> We increase the parent (listener) sk_drops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.