From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: holt@sgi.com
Cc: w@1wt.eu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru,
pekkas@netcore.fi, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org,
kaber@trash.net, vladislav.yasevich@hp.com, sri@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:28:30 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101024.152830.102557040.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101020120345.436404838@gulag1.americas.sgi.com>
From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:03:37 -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>
I'll queue this up for -stable, thanks Robin!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-24 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20101020120336.967805943@gulag1.americas.sgi.com>
2010-10-20 12:03 ` [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows Robin Holt
2010-10-24 22:28 ` David Miller [this message]
[not found] <20101002112405.951704198@gulag1.americas.sgi.com>
2010-10-02 11:24 ` 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
2010-10-05 21:50 ` David Miller
2010-10-18 17:43 ` Robin Holt
2010-10-18 17:52 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-18 18:34 ` Robin Holt
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