netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv4: move local_port_range out of CONFIG

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Date:	Thu, 08 May 2014 22:52:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv4: move local_port_range out of
 CONFIG_SYSCTL

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 00:48:48 +0200

> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> :
> [...]
>> I think these two changes fix fairly serious issues that have existed for some
>> time, so it should go into 'net', do you agree?
> 
> Patch #1, yes.
> 
> Without patch #2, the root group id is always granted ping init when
> CONFIG_SYSCTL is not set. It's more cautious than serious.

Still, initializing such fundamental values to different defaults
based upon whether SYSCTL is enabled or not is pretty bad, so I've
decided to apply both patches to 'net'.

Thanks.
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