netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: refactor tcp_queue

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:56:59 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, shaoyafang@...ichuxing.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: refactor tcp_queue_rcv

Hi Yafang
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 6:17 AM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com> wrote:
>
> There're are some code similar to tcp_queue_rcv() in tcp_ofo_queue(),
> so refactor tcp_queue_rcv() to make it be used in tcp_ofo_queue().
>
> After this change, skb->sk is set when skb is moved from ofo queue into
> receive queue instead of when queued into ofo queue.

Why would you do that ???

I urge you to test this on hosts connected to the wild Internet :/