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e1000e: fix flow control denial of service possibility
authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:11:02 +0000 (15:11 -0800)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:07:49 +0000 (00:07 -0500)
commitde92d84ec2305c490aa1db33f6e40680f8c236a8
tree78298ae28581b04642313f1d78c968d1e53573e5tree | snapshot
parent4a5694e66428607585c9f4dd14bcf4158d2de191commit | diff
e1000e: fix flow control denial of service possibility

this patch avoids a denial of service from an evildoer sending a
continuous stream of flow control at our adapter that is plugged
into a non-flow control enabled switch.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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