netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: fix possible overflow in __sk_mem_raise

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Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:05:55 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: fix possible overflow in
 __sk_mem_raise_allocated()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:26:27 -0800

> With many active TCP sockets, fat TCP sockets could fool
> __sk_mem_raise_allocated() thanks to an overflow.
> 
> They would increase their share of the memory, instead
> of decreasing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.