From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers
 to prevent integer overflows.
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:52:28 +0200
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Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, w@1wt.eu,
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To: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
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Le lundi 18 octobre 2010 =C3=A0 12:43 -0500, Robin Holt a =C3=A9crit :
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 02:50:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
> > Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:24:06 -0500
> >=20
> > > Subject: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initiali=
zers to prevent integer overflows.
> > >=20
> > > On a 16TB x86_64 machine, sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2], a=
nd
> > > sysctl_sctp_mem[2] can integer overflow.  Set limit such that the=
y are
> > > maximized without overflowing.
> > >=20
> > > Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
> >=20
> > Robin please resubmit this with the SCTP bits included.
>=20
> David,
>=20
> I did not mean to blow you off.  I was not going to resubmit because
> Eric's patch is the preferred direction.  I had been given an indicat=
ion
> that my patch was preferred, but that indicator changed.
>=20

Maybe there is some misunderstanding.

My patch was for net-next kernels (not before 2.6.37), while yours was
applicable to previous kernels.