netdev - Re: Increasing skb->mark size

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 04:57:18 +0000
From:	Luuk Paulussen <Luuk.Paulussen@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"lorenzo@...gle.com" <lorenzo@...gle.com>,
	Matt Bennett <Matt.Bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Increasing skb->mark size

On 12/01/2015 04:55 PM, David Miller wrote:
> Lots of things are interesting and useful to many people.
>
> Even the most useful feature I would balk at it's implementation
> if it bloated up sk_buff.  Period.
>
> You don't understand what the core issue is, which is sk_buff size
> which has an effect on all users.

I have understood the core issue, which is why the rest of the email was 
proposing an alternative solution that didn't involve increasing sk_buff 
size at all (I would still like a comment on the possibility of adding a 
tc_index field to the nf_conn structure to match the one in the skb).

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html