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Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers
 to prevent integer overflows.
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
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Le lundi 18 octobre 2010 à 12:43 -0500, Robin Holt a écrit :
> 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.
> 

Maybe there is some misunderstanding.

My patch was for net-next kernels (not before 2.6.37), while yours was
applicable to previous kernels.