[Cbe-oss-dev] [Bluez-devel] [PATCH] bluetooth: reset unexpected connections

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Ranulf Doswell wrote:
> Do you have any suggestions of an alternative approach to handling this
> error condition rather than just filling up the syslog? It's definitely a
> very real DOS possibility - my syslog was growing by about 1Mb per minute
> with just two regular controllers. Someone who deliberately constructed a
> device to bombard a linux box with junk bluetooth data could probably fill
> someone's /var partition in a matter of hours.

Perhaps you can replace the call to printk() with a call to printk_ratelimit()?

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
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