3.6.11.9-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Michal Tesar [ Upstream commit 651e92716aaae60fc41b9652f54cb6803896e0da ] Limit the min/max value passed to the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries. Signed-off-by: Michal Tesar Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index 1b5ce96..335f18d 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static int tcp_adv_win_scale_min = -31; static int tcp_adv_win_scale_max = 31; static int ip_ttl_min = 1; static int ip_ttl_max = 255; +static int tcp_syn_retries_min = 1; +static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT; static int ip_ping_group_range_min[] = { 0, 0 }; static int ip_ping_group_range_max[] = { GID_T_MAX, GID_T_MAX }; @@ -277,7 +279,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = { .data = &sysctl_tcp_syn_retries, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax, + .extra1 = &tcp_syn_retries_min, + .extra2 = &tcp_syn_retries_max }, { .procname = "tcp_synack_retries", -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/