Re: [PATCH] Avoid potentially erroneos RST drop.

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On 19.05.2021 14:23, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > Hi Florian, I tested your patch and it solved the issue, no more NFS
> > hangs due to dropped RSTs. Please include it, together with the
> > following two patches I previously sent:
> > 
> > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20210428130911.cteglt52r5if7ynp@Fryzen495/
> 
> Do we still need this one after this revised patch?
> If we do, the help text has to be fixed, after your patch, be-liberal
> turns off all sequence number/window checks.  The revised text implies
> it only has to do with RSTs.
> 
> Alternative would be to add another sysctl, or turn the existing sysctl
> into integer (0, off, 1 current behaviour (sequence check on for rst
> only, 2 off for everything).

I would still like to make the RST sequence number check optional.  I
think it is a good idea to use 0, 1 and > 1 off for everything, keeping
this way the current behaviour when tcp_be_liberal is set to 1.

I will send another patch with also revised text.

Many thanks.
Ali



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