Re: [PATCH] net: Add default_advmss() methods to blackhole dst_ops

From: Daniel Baluta
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 08:43:46 EST


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le vendredi 18 février 2011 à 21:29 +0800, Changli Gao a écrit :
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Le vendredi 18 février 2011 à 21:16 +0800, Changli Gao a écrit :
>> >
>> >> I am wondering why magic number 256 is used here. Is there a special
>> >> reason? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >
>> > It really doesnt matter. SYN message will be dropped anyway.
>> >
>> > 256 happens to be the default value
>> > of /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/min_adv_mss

Perhaps a comment would make sense then.

thanks,
Daniel.
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