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Message-ID: <20220901150115.GB31767@debian>
Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2022 17:01:18 +0200
From:   Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>,
        Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net-next: frags: add inetpeer frag_mem tracking

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 03:15:47PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> We tried to get rid of any dependence over inetpeer, which is not
> resistant against DDOS attacks.
> 
> So I would not add a new dependency.

I see your point. What do you suggest doing differently?

The inetpeer mechanism is used for IPv4 frags. If it isn't resistant
against DDoS attacks, can it perhaps be improved?

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