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Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 05:31:45 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: xemul@...allels.com Cc: eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] tcp: Repair socket queues From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 12:59:16 +0400 > Well, yes, but this ability is given to CAP_SYS_NET_ADMIN users only. > Do you think it's nonetheless worth accounting this allocation into > the socket's rmem? Often such too large lengths can be a bug in the application, so best to catch it than let it silently succeed. Also, restricting an operation to "privileged" entities does not mean we should forego resource utilization checks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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