Re: [PATCH 13/14]: Initialisation and type-checking of feature sysctls

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On 10/4/07, Gerrit Renker <gerrit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [DCCP]: Initialisation and type-checking of feature sysctls
>
> The number of feature sysctls is now smaller (it is instead now possible
> to set values on a per-connection basis via sockops); this patch takes care
> of their initialisation and some rudimentary type-checking:
>
>  * Sequence Window uses the specified Wmin=32, the maximum is ulong (4 bytes), I have
>    tested and confirmed that it works up to 4294967295 - let's use it for Gbps;
>  * Ack Ratio is between 0 .. 0xFFFF (2-byte unsigned integer);
>  * CCIDs are between 0 .. 255 (FIXME: write handler for available ones);
>  * request_retries, retries1, retries2 also between 0..255 for good measure;
>  * tx_qlen is checked to be non-negative;
>  * sync_ratelimit remains as before.
>
> The sysctls are initialised with the known default values for each feature
> at boot or module load time; for the type-checking the value constraints from
> RFC 4340 have been used. Type checking is important since some of the sysctls
> now directly act on the feature-negotiation process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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