Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializersto prevent integer overflows.

From: Robin Holt
Date: Sun Oct 03 2010 - 07:16:44 EST


On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 03:22:16PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le samedi 02 octobre 2010 à 06:24 -0500, Robin Holt a écrit :
...
> Strange, you mention sctp in changelog but I cant see the patch.

After looking at the patch, I realized it really belonged in a separate
change and sent that to the sctp mailing list without noticing I forgot
to Cc: lkml.

> We can switch infrastructure to use long "instead" of "int", now
> atomic_long_t primitives are available for free.
>
> Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
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