Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755163Ab3IHDUn (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:20:43 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:55976 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756647Ab3IHDSx (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:18:53 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" , "Michal Tesar" Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:52:01 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [009/121] sysctl net: Keep tcp_syn_retries inside the boundary In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.101 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1624 Lines: 48 3.2.51-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Michal Tesar [ Upstream commit 651e92716aaae60fc41b9652f54cb6803896e0da ] Limit the min/max value passed to the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries. Signed-off-by: Michal Tesar Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index 5485077..739b073 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ static int tcp_adv_win_scale_min = -31; static int tcp_adv_win_scale_max = 31; static int ip_ttl_min = 1; static int ip_ttl_max = 255; +static int tcp_syn_retries_min = 1; +static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT; static int ip_ping_group_range_min[] = { 0, 0 }; static int ip_ping_group_range_max[] = { GID_T_MAX, GID_T_MAX }; @@ -231,7 +233,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = { .data = &sysctl_tcp_syn_retries, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax, + .extra1 = &tcp_syn_retries_min, + .extra2 = &tcp_syn_retries_max }, { .procname = "tcp_synack_retries", -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/