1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index 0225bdacd3b1..a7f345c8d0db 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct inet_hashinfo __cacheline_aligned dccp_hashinfo = {
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_hashinfo);
 
+/* the maximum queue length for tx in packets. 0 is no limit */
+int sysctl_dccp_tx_qlen __read_mostly = 5;
+
 void dccp_set_state(struct sock *sk, const int state)
 {
         const int oldstate = sk->sk_state;
@@ -645,6 +648,13 @@ int dccp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
                 return -EMSGSIZE;
 
         lock_sock(sk);
+
+        if (sysctl_dccp_tx_qlen &&
+            (sk->sk_write_queue.qlen >= sysctl_dccp_tx_qlen)) {
+                rc = -EAGAIN;
+                goto out_release;
+        }
+
         timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, noblock);
 
         /*