netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: Check the argument for listen(2)

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:01:28 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Check the argument for listen(2)

On 06/28/2013 09:33 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:

>
> Well, there is still this possible regression for old applications.
>
> Just use u32 fields instead of u16 ?

FWIW, the manpage for listen() gives the backlog parameter as an "int"

SYNOPSIS
        #include <sys/types.h>          /* See NOTES */
        #include <sys/socket.h>

        int listen(int sockfd, int backlog);

and mentions no explicit limit beyond 2.4.35, only interaction with the 
likes of /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn.

And sys/socket.h has:

/* Prepare to accept connections on socket FD.
    N connection requests will be queued before further requests are 
refused.
    Returns 0 on success, -1 for errors.  */
extern int listen (int __fd, int __n) __THROW;

Not sure if it is considered "sane" to try to set the backlog to a 
negative value of course...

rick jones
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