Re: proc_dointvec() and write

[Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>]

On 05/24/10 22:32, J. R. Okajima wrote:
> The commit 00b7c3395aec3df43de5bd02a3c5a099ca51169f
> "sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code"
> modified the behaviour of writing to /proc.
>
> Before the commit, write("1\n") to /proc/sys/kernel/printk succeeded. But
> now it returns EINVAL. Is this intended change? If not, how about this
> patch?
>


Hmm, odd, I tested other proc files, I see no problem.
I am wondering why /proc/sys/kernel/printk is special here.

I will be back later.

>
> J. R. Okajima
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 4c93486..5058e12 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -2262,6 +2272,8 @@ static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
>   		if (write) {
>   			left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
>
> +			if (!left)
> +				break;
>   			err = proc_get_long(&kbuf,&left,&lval,&neg,
>   					     proc_wspace_sep,
>   					     sizeof(proc_wspace_sep), NULL);
> @@ -2288,7 +2306,7 @@ static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
>
>   	if (!write&&  !first&&  left&&  !err)
>   		err = proc_put_char(&buffer,&left, '\n');
> -	if (write&&  !err)
> +	if (write&&  !err&&  left)
>   		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
>   free:
>   	if (write) {
>