netdev - Re: [PATCH 18/18] export sysctl symbols needed by ip_vs

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Message-Id: <20120506.171938.850582286130598907.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 17:19:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pablo@...filter.org
Cc:	horms@...ge.net.au, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	wensong@...ux-vs.org, ja@....bg, hans.schillstrom@...csson.com,
	brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/18] export sysctl symbols needed by ip_vs_sync

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 22:54:12 +0200

> Hi David,
> 
> The IPVS people needs this patch for net-next to allow to tune the
> socket buffer for ipvs_sync (the state synchronization that they do
> from kernel-space). This exports sysctl_wmem_max and sysctl_rmem_max
> living in net/core/sock.c. So far, they've been using global socket
> tuning to make them bigger (this avoids overruning the socket under
> high peak of state-change synchronization).
> 
> I think this is out of my scope (since it's out of the netfilter
> tree).
> 
> Would you acknowledge it, please?

Feel free to merge it via your tree:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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