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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 net-next 12/14] tcp: accecn: AccECN option failure 
> handling
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> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Chia-Yu Chang <[email protected]>
> >
> > AccECN option may fail in various way, handle these:
> > - Attempt to negotiate the use of AccECN on the 1st retransmitted SYN
> >         - From the 2nd retransmitted SYN, stop AccECN negotiation
> > - Remove option from SYN/ACK rexmits to handle blackholes
> > - If no option arrives in SYN/ACK, assume Option is not usable
> >         - If an option arrives later, re-enabled
> > - If option is zeroed, disable AccECN option processing
> >
> > This patch use existing padding bits in tcp_request_sock and holes in 
> > tcp_sock without increasing the size.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang <[email protected]>
> >
> 
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h index 
> > 53e0e85b52be..00604b7f2f3f 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
> > @@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ struct tcp_info {
> >                                          * in milliseconds, including any
> >                                          * unfinished recovery.
> >                                          */
> > +       __u16   tcpi_accecn_fail_mode;
> > +       __u16   tcpi_accecn_opt_seen;
> 
> We never add fields in the middle of tcp_info , even in a patch series.
> 
> Some people might miss this rule in the future, by looking at a patch doing 
> this, and repeating the mistake...
> 
> 
> >         __u32   tcpi_received_ce;    /* # of CE marks received */
> >         __u32   tcpi_delivered_e1_bytes;  /* Accurate ECN byte counters */
> >         __u32   tcpi_delivered_e0_bytes;

Thanks Eric.

I will fix this in the next version.

Chia-Yu

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