Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:43:39 -0500 | From | Robin Holt <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows. |
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 02:50:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> > Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:24:06 -0500 > > > Subject: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows. > > > > On a 16TB x86_64 machine, sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2], and > > sysctl_sctp_mem[2] can integer overflow. Set limit such that they are > > maximized without overflowing. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> > > Robin please resubmit this with the SCTP bits included.
David,
I did not mean to blow you off. I was not going to resubmit because Eric's patch is the preferred direction. I had been given an indication that my patch was preferred, but that indicator changed.
Robin
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