netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tcp: Remove unnecessary dst check in tcp_conn

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:44:47 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tcp: Remove unnecessary dst check in
 tcp_conn_request.

On Wed, 2017-08-16 at 06:31 -0700, Tonghao Zhang wrote:
> Because we remove the tcp_tw_recycle support in the commit

> 4396e46187c ('tcp: remove tcp_tw_recycle') and also delete
> the code 'af_ops->route_req' for sysctl_tw_recycle in tcp_conn_request.
> Now when we call the 'af_ops->route_req', the dist always is
> NULL, and we remove the unnecessay check.

Thanks for these patches.

You forgot :

1) a cover letter ( [PATCH next-next 0/2] tcp: ....

2) clearly state which tree you are targeting 
( read Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt )

3) Also, I would also have removed tcp_peer_is_proven()
since it is also called with dst=NULL