Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 15:53:10 +0100 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [patch] SGIIOC4 limit request size |
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On 2/1/06, Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:36:07AM -0800, Jeremy Higdon wrote: > > Here's one that removes xcount. It seems to work too. > > Should we set hwif->rqsize to 256, or are we pretty safe in > > expecting that the default won't rise? The driver should be > > 255 is the safest for LBA28 devices because a small number incorrectly > interpret 0 (meaning 256) as 0. And that can have unfortunate results
We can blacklist vulnerable devices if needed. We have been using 256 for a long time now. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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