Re: [RFC PATCH] fs/pipe.c: implement minimum pipe size for arg==0

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 02:09:03PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > Searching through lkml, it looks like there have been four attempts to
> > fix this issue in the last year or so, but none of them have been
> > merged.  It would be nice to finally get a fix in.
> > 
> > I agree with the patch, though I would argue that the fix belongs in
> > round_pipe_size() so that other callers don't get the same bug.
> 
> Hi Josh,
> 
> Yes, I debated with myself on where to put the patch. I made it more local
> instead of global just to have less accidental impact.
> 
> 
> Andrew has these 4 patches from Joe Lawrence in mmotm:
> 
> pipe-add-proc_dopipe_max_size-to-safely-assign-pipe_max_size.patch
> pipe-avoid-round_pipe_size-nr_pages-overflow-on-32-bit.patch
> pipe-match-pipe_max_size-data-type-with-procfs.patch
> sysctl-check-for-uint_max-before-unsigned-int-min-max.patch
> 
> 
> Hopefully they can be merged soon.
> I blame people who travel a lot.  ;)

Ah, I missed Joe's patches (and neglected to check linux-next).  Thanks!

-- 
Josh