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From: Florian Westphal <fw at strlen.de>
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Subject: [MPTCP] Re: [PATCH v3 7/9] mptcp: add netlink based PM
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:36:47 +0100
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Paolo Abeni <pabeni(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> I see! Yes, currently we can't limit the number of subflows created for
> a single mptcp socket on a server. I'm unsure how bad that is, as
> usually we allow each client to create an arbitrary high number of TCP
> connection to the server (modulo syn flood).
> =

> Still I think adding the ability to impose such limit could be nice. It
> requires an additional hook (from subflow_syn_recv_sock() towards the
> PM). If we agree on that, I can try to cover in a separate
> patch/series.

I think its a must-have, as file descriptor limits don't apply.
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