netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 5/5] ipv4: tcp: give socket pointer to control skbs

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Message-ID: <20241011234105.54116-1-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:41:05 -0700
From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
To: <edumazet@...gle.com>
CC: <brianvv@...gle.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <kuniyu@...zon.com>, <martin.lau@...nel.org>,
	<ncardwell@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 5/5] ipv4: tcp: give socket pointer to control skbs

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:48:17 +0000
> ip_send_unicast_reply() send orphaned 'control packets'.
> 
> These are RST packets and also ACK packets sent from TIME_WAIT.
> 
> Some eBPF programs would prefer to have a meaningful skb->sk
> pointer as much as possible.
> 
> This means that TCP can now attach TIME_WAIT sockets to outgoing
> skbs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>