netdev - Re: [MPTCP] [PATCH net] mptcp: provide rmem[0] limit

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Date:   Mon, 9 Nov 2020 18:20:50 +0100
From:   Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, mptcp@...ts.01.org
Subject: Re: [MPTCP] [PATCH net] mptcp: provide rmem[0] limit

Hi Paolo,

On 08/11/2020 19:49, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> The mptcp proto struct currently does not provide the
> required limit for forward memory scheduling. Under
> pressure sk_rmem_schedule() will unconditionally try
> to use such field and will oops.
> 
> Address the issue inheriting the tcp limit, as we already
> do for the wmem one.
> 
> Fixes: ("mptcp: add missing memory scheduling in the rx path")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Good catch, thank you for this patch!

Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>

Cheers,
Matt
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