Re: [PATCH 0/3] fix reuseaddr regression

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Sep 19 2017 - 16:51:04 EST


From: josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:28:54 -0400

> I introduced a regression when reworking the fastreuse port stuff that allows
> bind conflicts to occur once a reuseaddr socket successfully opens on an
> existing tb. The root cause is I reversed an if statement which caused us to
> set the tb as if there were no owners on the socket if there were, which
> obviously is not correct.
>
> Dave I have follow up patches that will add a selftest for this case and I ran
> the other reuseport related tests as well. These need to go in pretty quickly
> as it breaks kvm, I've marked them for stable. Sorry for the regression,

First, please fix your "From: " field so that it actually has your full
name rather than just your email address. This matter when I apply
your patches.

Second, remove the stable CC:. For networking changes, you simply ask
me to queue the changes up for -stable.

Thanks.