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From: Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@gmail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
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	coreteam@netfilter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net-next: frags: add inetpeer frag_mem tracking
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:54:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220911115447.GA101734@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANn89iKMe7WZS-Q4rzqEUUD+ANL6Fmb6BnFo8TvX7y_EVi=HOw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 09:06:59AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> It can be disabled if needed, by changing ipfrag_max_dist sysctl.

I understand your reluctance to add another dependency on inetpeer.

> Quite frankly IPv4 reassembly unit is a toy, I am always surprised
> some applications are still relying on IP fragments.

Do you think there's any room for improvement in IP fragments? I
believe that it is possible to make frags less fragile and prone
to overload in real-world scenarios.

      reply	other threads:[~2022-09-12  7:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-29 11:46 [PATCH 3/4] net-next: frags: add inetpeer frag_mem tracking Richard Gobert
2022-08-29 22:15 ` Eric Dumazet
2022-09-01 15:01   ` Richard Gobert
2022-09-01 16:06     ` Eric Dumazet
2022-09-11 11:54       ` Richard Gobert [this message]

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