Re: [PATCH 1/2] ipmr: Make cache queue length configurable

On Thu,  7 Mar 2019 09:19:55 +1300
Brodie Greenfield [off-list ref] wrote:

+ip_mr_cache_queue_length - INTEGER
+	Limit the number of multicast packets we can have in the queue to be
+	resolved.
+	Bear in mind that when an unresolved multicast packet is received,
+	there is an O(n) traversal of the queue. This should be considered
+	if increasing.
+

Why not make it to a unsigned value? A negative value doesn't make
much sense here.

Although other sysctl values date back to a time when Linux was
sloppy about allowing negative values, it would be good to use unsigned
now.