linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] epoll: increase default max_user

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Message-ID: <20090128101641.33978100@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:16:41 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Bron Gondwana <brong@...tmail.fm>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] epoll: increase default max_user_instances to 1024

> It's really simple. A kernel upgrade in a -stable series point release
> broke a rational user-space setup. If you don't want to adjust the

You can just as equally load the description the other way:

"A kernel upgrade in a -stable series point release fixed a security DoS"

Which is not to say that a smarter limit isn't needed.

Alan
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