netdev - Re: [net] tipc: increase timeout in tipc_sk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:50:06 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Hoang Le <hoang.h.le@...tech.com.au>
Cc:     jmaloy@...hat.com, maloy@...jonn.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [net] tipc: increase timeout in tipc_sk_enqueue()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:28:52 +0700 you wrote:
> In tipc_sk_enqueue() we use hardcoded 2 jiffies to extract
> socket buffer from generic queue to particular socket.
> The 2 jiffies is too short in case there are other high priority
> tasks get CPU cycles for multiple jiffies update. As result, no
> buffer could be enqueued to particular socket.
> 
> To solve this, we switch to use constant timeout 20msecs.
> Then, the function will be expired between 2 jiffies (CONFIG_100HZ)
> and 20 jiffies (CONFIG_1000HZ).
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] tipc: increase timeout in tipc_sk_enqueue()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/f4bb62e64c88

You are awesome, thank you!
--
Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot.
https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html