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From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tipc: flow control should not account for sk_rcvbuf
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:59:11 +0200
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> What guarantee do we have this cannot use all kernel memory ?
>
> If sk->sk_rcvbuf is not an acceptable limit here, you must use a
> different limit, but not infinity.
>
There is an implicit limit on how much data that can be buffered on each 
socket, controlled by TIPC_FLOW_CONTROL_WIN.

This limit is:
TIPC_FLOW_CONTROL_WIN * 2 * TIPC_MAX_USER_MSG_SIZE

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