netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: use sock

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13:25 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shawn.lu@...csson.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, xiaoclu@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: use sock_kmalloc() to limit md5 keys

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:56:48 +0100

> There is no limit on number of MD5 keys an application can attach to a
> tcp socket.
> 
> This patch adds a per tcp socket limit based
> on /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
> 
> With current default optmem_max values, this allows about 150 keys on
> 64bit arches, and 88 keys on 32bit arches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Eric.
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