netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: cleanup sk_tx_skb

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Date:   Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:17:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, soheil@...gle.com,
        willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: cleanup sk_tx_skb_cache before reuse

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:46:17 -0700

> TCP stack relies on the fact that a freshly allocated skb
> has skb->cb[] and skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags cleared.
> 
> When recycling tx skb, we must ensure these fields are cleared.
> 
> Fixes: 472c2e07eef0 ("tcp: add one skb cache for tx")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.