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

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Geert,

> > 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()?

we could. Feel free to send a patch for it.

Regards

Marcel