On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:26:22 +0800 Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.ker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > The flow cache is an extremely broken concept, and it usually brings up > growth issues and DoS attacks, so this patch is trying to remove it from > the tuntap driver, and insteadly use a simpler way for its flow control. > > Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/net/tun.c | 208 > +++-------------------------------------------------- > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > index 7c8343a..7c27fdc 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ > * > * Daniel Podlejski <under...@underley.eu.org> > * Modifications for 2.3.99-pre5 kernel. > + * > + * Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > + * Remove the flow cache. > */ I agree with your patch, but please don't add to the comment changelog. These are all historical. The kernel development process has not used them for 5+ years. Can we get kernel janitors to just remove them, or would that step on too many early developers toes by removing credit? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
