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Message-ID: <50B2D42A.6090804@asianux.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:30:02 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipmr: limit MRT_TABLE identifiers

于 2012年11月26日 10:19, Eric Dumazet 写道:
> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 09:34 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
>>     if "pimre%u" (or another format), will not hurt the functional features, I suggest to use it
>>       since, we need try our best to not touch the OS API. 
>>       ("pimreg%u" seems an internal format, not OS API Level)
> 
> Have you taken a look at user code base before suggesting such a
> change ?

  maybe a hacker can do ?  (I just guess).

  for my experience:
    It is necessary to think of more coding ways, when we have to give comments inside a function.


> 
> My patch is the safest change: Just make sure machine doesnt crash if
> user ask stupid things.
> 
> No possible regression.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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