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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, nardelli wrote:

> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 05:34:41PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> >
> >>On 04/06/2004 15:59, nardelli wrote:
[SNIPPED...]

> >
> >
> > ===== drivers/usb/serial/visor.c 1.114 vs edited =====
> > --- 1.114/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c	Fri Jun  4 07:13:10 2004
> > +++ edited/drivers/usb/serial/visor.c	Fri Jun  4 17:12:53 2004
>
> ...
>
> Just curious - is there something special about 42?  Grepping wasn't
> very useful, as numbers like this are scattered all over the place.
>
> > +/* number of outstanding urbs to prevent userspace DoS from happening */
> > +#define URB_UPPER_LIMIT	42

See Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ;^

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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