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Message-ID: <20101018174339.GC14068@sgi.com> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:43:39 -0500 From: Robin Holt <holt@....com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: holt@....com, w@....eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows. On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 02:50:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Robin Holt <holt@....com> > Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:24:06 -0500 > > > Subject: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows. > > > > On a 16TB x86_64 machine, sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2], and > > sysctl_sctp_mem[2] can integer overflow. Set limit such that they are > > maximized without overflowing. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@....com> > > Robin please resubmit this with the SCTP bits included. David, I did not mean to blow you off. I was not going to resubmit because Eric's patch is the preferred direction. I had been given an indication that my patch was preferred, but that indicator changed. Robin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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