Refer to RFC2012, tcpAttemptFails is defined as following:
  tcpAttemptFails OBJECT-TYPE
      SYNTAX      Counter32
      MAX-ACCESS  read-only
      STATUS      current
      DESCRIPTION
              "The number of times TCP connections have made a direct
              transition to the CLOSED state from either the SYN-SENT
              state or the SYN-RCVD state, plus the number of times TCP
              connections have made a direct transition to the LISTEN
              state from the SYN-RCVD state."
      ::= { tcp 7 }
When I lookup into RFC793, I found that the state change should occured
under following condition:
  1. SYN-SENT -> CLOSED
     a) Received ACK,RST segment when SYN-SENT state.
  2. SYN-RCVD -> CLOSED
     b) Received SYN segment when SYN-RCVD state(came from LISTEN).
     c) Received RST segment when SYN-RCVD state(came from SYN-SENT).
     d) Received SYN segment when SYN-RCVD state(came from SYN-SENT).
  3. SYN-RCVD -> LISTEN
     e) Received RST segment when SYN-RCVD state(came from LISTEN).
In my test, those direct state transition can not be counted to
tcpAttemptFails.
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@nanjing-fnst.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 
 static inline void tcp_done(struct sock *sk)
 {
+       if(sk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_SENT || sk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_RECV)
+               TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
+
        tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
        tcp_clear_xmit_timers(sk);
 
 
                               It can f.e. if SYNs crossed.
                             */
                if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-                       TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
                        sk->sk_err = err;
 
                        sk->sk_error_report(sk);
 drop_and_free:
        reqsk_free(req);
 drop:
-       TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
                /* RFC793: "second check the RST bit" and
                 *         "fourth, check the SYN bit"
                 */
-               if (flg & (TCP_FLAG_RST|TCP_FLAG_SYN))
+               if (flg & (TCP_FLAG_RST|TCP_FLAG_SYN)) {
+                       TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
                        goto embryonic_reset;
+               }
 
                /* ACK sequence verified above, just make sure ACK is
                 * set.  If ACK not set, just silently drop the packet.
 
        case TCP_SYN_RECV:  /* Cannot happen.
                               It can, it SYNs are crossed. --ANK */ 
                if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-                       TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
                        sk->sk_err = err;
                        sk->sk_error_report(sk);                /* Wake people up to see the error (see connect in sock.c) */
 
        if (req)
                reqsk_free(req);
 
-       TCP_INC_STATS_BH(TCP_MIB_ATTEMPTFAILS);
        return 0; /* don't send reset */
 }