unsigned front_len, middle_len, data_len, data_off;
        int datacrc = con->msgr->nocrc;
        int skip;
+       u64 seq;
 
        dout("read_partial_message con %p msg %p\n", con, m);
 
                return -EIO;
        data_off = le16_to_cpu(con->in_hdr.data_off);
 
+       /* verify seq# */
+       seq = le64_to_cpu(con->in_hdr.seq);
+       if ((s64)seq - (s64)con->in_seq < 1) {
+               pr_info("skipping %s%lld %s seq %lld, expected %lld\n",
+                       ENTITY_NAME(con->peer_name),
+                       pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr),
+                       seq, con->in_seq + 1);
+               con->in_base_pos = -front_len - middle_len - data_len -
+                       sizeof(m->footer);
+               con->in_tag = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_READY;
+               con->in_seq++;
+               return 0;
+       } else if ((s64)seq - (s64)con->in_seq > 1) {
+               pr_err("read_partial_message bad seq %lld expected %lld\n",
+                      seq, con->in_seq + 1);
+               con->error_msg = "bad message sequence # for incoming message";
+               return -EBADMSG;
+       }
+
        /* allocate message? */
        if (!con->in_msg) {
                dout("got hdr type %d front %d data %d\n", con->in_hdr.type,