tcp_v4_send_reset: binding oif to iif in no sock case
authorShawn Lu <shawn.lu@ericsson.com>
Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:38:09 +0000 (12:38 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:31:01 +0000 (16:31 -0800)
commit017d762758b89e117b10c21a8490b16e93cf487b
treed27a155a4ff4aad942654d41d3cc26fd193933de
parentf4df037cf3ca933c941a0f87a9c9ec542c88031c
tcp_v4_send_reset: binding oif to iif in no sock case

[ Upstream commit e2446eaab5585555a38ea0df4e01ff313dbb4ac9 ]

Binding RST packet outgoing interface to incoming interface
for tcp v4 when there is no socket associate with it.
when sk is not NULL, using sk->sk_bound_dev_if instead.
(suggested by Eric Dumazet).

This has few benefits:
1. tcp_v6_send_reset already did that.
2. This helps tcp connect with SO_BINDTODEVICE set. When
connection is lost, we still able to sending out RST using
same interface.
3. we are sending reply, it is most likely to be succeed
if iif is used

Signed-off-by: Shawn Lu <shawn.lu@ericsson.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c