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* [PATCH] sysctl : proc_dointvec_minmax() expects int values for min/max guard values
@ 2007-12-12 10:22 Eric Dumazet
  2007-12-12 10:33 ` Ingo Molnar
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eric Dumazet @ 2007-12-12 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Ingo Molnar, linux kernel

min_sched_granularity_ns, max_sched_granularity_ns, min_wakeup_granularity_ns 
and max_wakeup_granularity_ns are declared "unsigned long".

This is incorrect since proc_dointvec_minmax() expects plain "int" guard values.

This bug only triggers on big endian 64 bit arches.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8ac5171..707a26b 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ static struct ctl_table root_table[] = {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
-static unsigned long min_sched_granularity_ns = 100000;		/* 100 usecs */
-static unsigned long max_sched_granularity_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC;	/* 1 second */
-static unsigned long min_wakeup_granularity_ns;			/* 0 usecs */
-static unsigned long max_wakeup_granularity_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC;	/* 1 second */
+static int min_sched_granularity_ns = 100000;		/* 100 usecs */
+static int max_sched_granularity_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC;	/* 1 second */
+static int min_wakeup_granularity_ns;			/* 0 usecs */
+static int max_wakeup_granularity_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC;	/* 1 second */
 #endif
 
 static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {

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