netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: limit tcp/udp rmem/wmem to SOCK_{RCV,SND}BUF

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Date:	Sat, 30 May 2015 17:38:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sorin@...urnze.ro
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: limit tcp/udp rmem/wmem to
 SOCK_{RCV,SND}BUF_MIN

From: Sorin Dumitru <sorin@...urnze.ro>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:16:49 +0300

> This is similar to b1cb59cf2efe(net: sysctl_net_core: check SNDBUF
> and RCVBUF for min length). I don't think too small values can cause
> crashes in the case of udp and tcp, but I've seen this set to too
> small values which triggered awful performance. It also makes the
> setting consistent across all the wmem/rmem sysctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sorin Dumitru <sdumitru@...acom.com>

Applied, thank you.
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