netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: initialize icsk_ack.lrcvtime at session start time

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Message-ID: <CADVnQymzFmP6ZAMjphr2bVxf7vYrE0tvpNvkxQv07fu6XTBbzw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:13:57 -0400
From:   Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: initialize icsk_ack.lrcvtime at session start time

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> icsk_ack.lrcvtime has a 0 value at socket creation time.
>
> tcpi_last_data_recv can have bogus value if no payload is ever received.
>
> This patch initializes icsk_ack.lrcvtime for active sessions
> in tcp_finish_connect(), and for passive sessions in
> tcp_create_openreq_child()
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---

Thanks, Eric!

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

neal