netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] mptcp: simplify mptcp

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:09:26 +0100
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net,
        Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] mptcp: simplify mptcp_accept()

On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 16:13 +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> Currently we allocate the MPTCP master socket at accept time.
> 
> The above makes mptcp_accept() quite complex, and requires checks is several
> places for NULL MPTCP master socket.
> 
> These series simplify the MPTCP accept implementation, moving the master socket
> allocation at syn-ack time, so that we drop unneeded checks with the follow-up
> patch.
> 
> Note: patch 2/2 will conflict with net commit 2398e3991bda ("mptcp: always 
> include dack if possible."). If the following will help, I can send a rebased
> version of the series after that net is merged back into net-next.

Since the above commit is now on net-next I'll rebase and submit a v2.

Thanks,

Paolo