netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] tcp: accept RST for rcv_nxt

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:17:56 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] tcp: accept RST for rcv_nxt - 1 after receiving a
 FIN

On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 12:28 -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
> i,
> 
> (Re-sending - seems like my reply was lost)
> 
> I wanted to define this condition as narrowly as I could. I'm ok
> dropping it -
> I'm not sure its going to make much difference in practice. So to that end,
> dropping this extra check makes sense.
> 
> I posted this as RFC because RFC 5961, I don't think says anything about
> accepting rcv_nxt - 1 in this case, so I was wondering what people
> thought...

This seems a reasonable trade-off to me

( to the rescue : RFC 1122 1.2.2 )