netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] tcp: use tcp_eat_recv_skb in __tcp

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Message-ID: <CADVnQymopx3uxsn1vCts0mDKEOZWT9==X2VE-oC3rzg_AEdFAA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 11:09:25 -0400
From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] tcp: use tcp_eat_recv_skb in __tcp_close()

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Small change to use tcp_eat_recv_skb() instead
> of __kfree_skb(). This can help if an application
> under attack has to close many sockets with unread data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

Thanks, Eric!

neal