netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tcp: setup random timestamp offset when write

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Message-ID: <65bedad0-0e42-3cb1-091c-8cef2b323f75@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:29:26 +0300
From:   Alexey Kodanev <alexey.kodanev@...cle.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, fw@...len.de, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tcp: setup random timestamp offset when write_seq
 already set

On 20.02.2017 18:18, David Miller wrote:
> This would be so much easier to understand if it were coded as:
> 	if (!tp->repair) {
> 		seq = secure_tcp_sequence_number(...);
> 		if (!tp->write_seq)
> 			tp->write_seq = seq;
> 	}

Hi David,

Thought about not adding extra variable here...
Agree,it looks much better and easier to follow.

Should I send a patch with this version modified as you
suggested or we can inherit ts offsetfrom tcptw->tw_ts_offset
in tcp_twsk_unique()?

Thanks,
Alexey