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Message-Id: <20161121.131423.1400416428808695997.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:14:23 -0500 (EST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: fw@...len.de Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: zero ca_priv area when switching cc algorithms From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:08:37 +0100 > We need to zero out the private data area when application switches > connection to different algorithm (TCP_CONGESTION setsockopt). > > When congestion ops get assigned at connect time everything is already > zeroed because sk_alloc uses GFP_ZERO flag. But in the setsockopt case > this contains whatever previous cc placed there. > > Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> Good catch, applied, thanks Florian.
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