netdev - Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.

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Message-ID: <20101003111616.GS14064@sgi.com>
Date:	Sun, 3 Oct 2010 06:16:16 -0500
From:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	"Pekka Savola (ipv6)" <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers
 to prevent integer overflows.

On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 03:22:16PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le samedi 02 octobre 2010 à 06:24 -0500, Robin Holt a écrit :
...
> Strange, you mention sctp in changelog but I cant see the patch.

After looking at the patch, I realized it really belonged in a separate
change and sent that to the sctp mailing list without noticing I forgot
to Cc: lkml.

> We can switch infrastructure to use long "instead" of "int", now
> atomic_long_t primitives are available for free.
> 
> Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Robin Holt <holt@....com>
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