netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] tcp: remove code from tcp_create_openreq

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Message-Id: <20190117.221926.932845346248864347.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:19:26 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, soheil@...gle.com, ncardwell@...gle.com,
        ycheng@...gle.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] tcp: remove code from
 tcp_create_openreq_child()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:23:31 -0800

> tcp_create_openreq_child() is essentially cloning a listener, then
> must initialize some fields that can not be inherited.
> 
> Listeners are either fresh sockets, or sockets that came through
> tcp_disconnect() after a session that dirtied many fields.
> 
> By moving code to tcp_disconnect(), we can shorten time taken
> to create a clone, since tcp_disconnect() operation is very
> unlikely.

Series applied, thanks Eric.