netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ip/tnl: Set iph->id only when don't fragment is not set

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Date:   Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:28:02 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Oliver Herms <oliver.peter.herms@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ip/tnl: Set iph->id only when don't fragment is
 not set



On 11/26/19 3:32 PM, Oliver Herms wrote:
> Using a simple incrementation here, as with sockets, would solve my problem well enough.
>

I have to ask : Are you aware that linux is SMP OS ?

If on a mostly idle host, two packets need a different ID, using a " simple incrementation" 
wont fit the need.

sockets are protected against concurrent increments by their lock.