netdev - [PATCH] tcp: restore correct limit

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Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:03:14 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	John Williams <john.williams@...alogix.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tcp: restore correct limit

Commit c43b874d5d714f (tcp: properly initialize tcp memory limits)
added a regression on machines with low amount of memory, since sockets
cant use 1/128 of memory but 1/1024

Fix this to match comment and previous behavior.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 5d54ed3..67d726e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ void __init tcp_init(void)
 
 	tcp_init_mem(&init_net);
 	/* Set per-socket limits to no more than 1/128 the pressure threshold */
-	limit = nr_free_buffer_pages() << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
+	limit = nr_free_buffer_pages() << (PAGE_SHIFT - 7);
 	limit = max(limit, 128UL);
 	max_share = min(4UL*1024*1024, limit);
 


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