netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ip: Use rb trees for IP frag queue.

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Date:   Sun, 05 Aug 2018 17:17:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     posk@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ip: Use rb trees for IP frag queue.

From: Peter Oskolkov <posk@...gle.com>
Date: Thu,  2 Aug 2018 22:45:57 +0000

> This patchset
>  * changes IPv4 defrag behavior to match that of IPv6: overlapping
>    fragments now cause the whole IP datagram to be discarded (suggested
>    by David Miller): there are no legitimate use cases for overlapping
>    fragments;
>  * changes IPv4 defrag queue from a list to a rb tree (suggested
>    by Eric Dumazet): this change removes a potential attach vector.
> 
> Upcoming patches will contain similar changes for IPv6 frag queue,
> as well as a comprehensive IP defrag self-test (temporarily delayed).

Looks good, series applied, thanks!