netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] tcp: Repair socket queues

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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.
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