From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: holt@sgi.com, w@1wt.eu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, pekkas@netcore.fi,
jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:43:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101018174339.GC14068@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101005.145032.25126909.davem@davemloft.net>
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
>
> > Subject: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.
> >
> > On a 16TB x86_64 machine, sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2], and
> > sysctl_sctp_mem[2] can integer overflow. Set limit such that they are
> > maximized without overflowing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
>
> Robin please resubmit this with the SCTP bits included.
David,
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 indication
that my patch was preferred, but that indicator changed.
Robin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-18 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20101002112405.951704198@gulag1.americas.sgi.com>
2010-10-02 11:24 ` [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows Robin Holt
2010-10-02 13:22 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-03 11:16 ` Robin Holt
2010-10-05 21:50 ` David Miller
2010-11-10 6:15 ` Robin Holt
2010-11-10 9:24 ` [PATCH] net: avoid limits overflow Eric Dumazet
2010-11-10 20:12 ` David Miller
2010-10-05 21:50 ` [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows David Miller
2010-10-18 17:43 ` Robin Holt [this message]
2010-10-18 17:52 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-18 18:34 ` Robin Holt
[not found] <20101020120336.967805943@gulag1.americas.sgi.com>
2010-10-20 12:03 ` Robin Holt
2010-10-24 22:28 ` David Miller
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