linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.

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Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:15:07 -0600
From:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, holt@....com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, w@....eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers
 to prevent integer overflows.

On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 02:50:55PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:22:16 +0200
> 
> > [PATCH] net: avoid limits overflow
> > 
> > Robin Holt tried to boot a 16TB machine and found some limits were
> > reached : sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2]
> > 
> > We can switch infrastructure to use long "instead" of "int", now
> > atomic_long_t primitives are available for free.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@....com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> Eric please resubmit this when the sysctl fix is resolved.

It looks like the sysctl fix is upstream.  Has this been resubmitted
and I missed it?

Robin
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