netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] tcp: do not overshoot window_clamp in tcp_rcv_space

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:47:11 -0500
From:   Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        Priyaranjan Jha <priyarjha@...gle.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] tcp: do not overshoot window_clamp in tcp_rcv_space_adjust()

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> While rcvbuf is properly clamped by tcp_rmem[2], rcvwin
> is left to a potentially too big value.
>
> It has no serious effect, since :
> 1) tcp_grow_window() has very strict checks.
> 2) window_clamp can be mangled by user space to any value anyway.
>
> tcp_init_buffer_space() and companions use tcp_full_space(),
> we use tcp_win_from_space() to avoid reloading sk->sk_rcvbuf
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

Thanks, Eric!

neal