netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] tcp: Repair socket queues

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Date:	Thu, 03 May 2012 11:08:40 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] tcp: Repair socket queues

On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 12:59 +0400, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> On 05/02/2012 03:11 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> > I am not sure any check is performed on 'size' ?
> 
> No, no checks here.
> 
> > A caller might trigger OOM or wrap bug.
> 
> Well, yes, but this ability is given to CAP_SYS_NET_ADMIN users only.
> Do you think it's nonetheless worth accounting this allocation into
> the socket's rmem?

Yes, something must be done...

Might be a good reason to un-inline tcp_try_rmem_schedule(), this fat
thing...



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