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From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>,
	"ying.xue@windriver.com" <ying.xue@windriver.com>,
	"paul.gortmaker@windriver.com" <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tipc: flow control should not account for sk_rcvbuf
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:59:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <506D5DEF.9050700@ericsson.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1349342493.16011.32.camel@edumazet-glaptop>

> What guarantee do we have this cannot use all kernel memory ?
>
> If sk->sk_rcvbuf is not an acceptable limit here, you must use a
> different limit, but not infinity.
>
There is an implicit limit on how much data that can be buffered on each 
socket, controlled by TIPC_FLOW_CONTROL_WIN.

This limit is:
TIPC_FLOW_CONTROL_WIN * 2 * TIPC_MAX_USER_MSG_SIZE

//E

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-04  9:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-04  9:14 [PATCH] tipc: flow control should not account for sk_rcvbuf erik.hugne
2012-10-04  9:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-10-04  9:59   ` Erik Hugne [this message]
2012-10-04 10:26     ` Eric Dumazet
2012-10-04 12:12       ` Erik Hugne
2012-10-04 13:55         ` Eric Dumazet
2012-10-04 15:00           ` [PATCH v2] tipc: prevent dropped connections due to rcvbuf overflow erik.hugne
2012-10-04 19:55             ` David Miller

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