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

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:22:16 +0200

> [PATCH] net: avoid limits overflow
> 
> Robin Holt tried to boot a 16TB machine and found some limits were
> reached : sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2]
> 
> 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>

Eric please resubmit this when the sysctl fix is resolved.

Thanks.
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