Re: [PATCH 01/05] use proc_dointvec_minmax to check boundaries while needed

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:58:20PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> proc_dointvec doesn't check extra minmax params, use proc_dointvec_minmax
> instead of proc_dointvec for cases need boundaries check.

Is this patch needed, if you are basically changing it again in patches 3
and 5?

Cheers,
Don

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sysctl.c |   12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sysctl.c	2011-03-03 10:44:53.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sysctl.c	2011-03-03 11:02:43.736663258 +0800
> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  		.extra2		= &one,
>  	},
> @@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &block_dump,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(block_dump),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  	{
> @@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_PICK_MMAP_LAYOUT
> @@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &sysctl_legacy_va_layout,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_legacy_va_layout),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #endif
> @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &zone_reclaim_mode,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(zone_reclaim_mode),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  	{
> @@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.data		= &vdso_enabled,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(vdso_enabled),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #endif