linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] scm: lower SCM_MAX

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Message-Id: <20101124.111717.102572573.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:17:17 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	vegard.nossum@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eugene@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] scm: lower SCM_MAX_FD

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:09:15 +0100

> [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: scm: lower SCM_MAX_FD
> 
> Lower SCM_MAX_FD from 255 to 253 so that allocations for scm_fp_list are
> halved. (commit f8d570a4 added two pointers in this structure)
> 
> scm_fp_dup() should not copy whole structure (and trigger kmemcheck
> warnings), but only the used part. While we are at it, only allocate
> needed size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Also applied, thanks Eric.
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