From: David S. Miller Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:19:43 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Merge branch 'vsock-virtio-make-the-credit-mechanism-more-robust' X-Git-Tag: v5.4-rc4~6^2~9 X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e381d2b4e25306140fdedfd802f0913b901a2d31;p=users%2Fjedix%2Flinux-maple.git Merge branch 'vsock-virtio-make-the-credit-mechanism-more-robust' Stefano Garzarella says: ==================== vsock/virtio: make the credit mechanism more robust This series makes the credit mechanism implemented in the virtio-vsock devices more robust. Patch 1 sends an update to the remote peer when the buf_alloc change. Patch 2 prevents a malicious peer (especially the guest) can consume all the memory of the other peer, discarding packets when the credit available is not respected. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- e381d2b4e25306140fdedfd802f0913b901a2d31