From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ development In-Reply-To: References: <18a15270707021204o3ffc0021pc3f0d4b0ec278c39@mail.gmail.com> <1183433306.6351.19.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> <18a15270707031238n2cfe388ay3843e6939b890a8f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:11:57 +0200 Message-Id: <1183623117.6351.87.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Ranulf Doswell , cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] [Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH] bluetooth: reset unexpected connections Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Geert, > > Do you have any suggestions of an alternative approach to handling this > > error condition rather than just filling up the syslog? It's definitely a > > very real DOS possibility - my syslog was growing by about 1Mb per minute > > with just two regular controllers. Someone who deliberately constructed a > > device to bombard a linux box with junk bluetooth data could probably fill > > someone's /var partition in a matter of hours. > > Perhaps you can replace the call to printk() with a call to printk_ratelimit()? we could. Feel free to send a patch for it. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel