From owner-freebsd-net Sun Mar 2 12:15:42 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7151937B401; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4BFD43FBD; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:15:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h22KFbpI075588 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:15:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h22KFbn0075585; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:15:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:15:37 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200303022015.h22KFbn0075585@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maxsockbuf is useless value {?|:-(} In-Reply-To: <20030301134118.GE77007@sunbay.com> References: <20030228130621.A16504@phantom.cris.net> <200302281931.h1SJVAUg060319@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20030301134118.GE77007@sunbay.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > Seriously, you didn't give any alternative. How does one > knows the maximum allowed limit? By just blindly trying? Ask for however much you think you actually need, and bleat to the administrator (or limp along) if you don't get it. Keep in mind that this is a security-sensitive parameter (a user can use up to `maxsockbuf' bytes of wired kernel memory for each file descriptor he is allowed to open). -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message