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From: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
To: "J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
Cc: opurdila@ixiacom.com, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: proc_dointvec() and write
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:35:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BFB6197.5030206@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11729.1274763460@jrobl>

On 05/25/10 12:57, J. R. Okajima wrote:
> Cong Wang:
>> Hmm, odd, I tested other proc files, I see no problem.
>> I am wondering why /proc/sys/kernel/printk is special here.
>
> The condition is,
> - the entry has multiple values, .maxlen = N * sizeof(foo)
> - the entry is writable, .mode = 0644 (or something)
>
> In sysctl.c, only "printk" and "acct" match.

Hmm, right, I missed this case during testing.

Your patch looks correct for me. Would you mind to send your
patch again with your Signed-off-by?

Thank you!

  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-25  5:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-24 14:32 proc_dointvec() and write J. R. Okajima
2010-05-25  4:49 ` Cong Wang
2010-05-25  4:57   ` J. R. Okajima
2010-05-25  5:35     ` Cong Wang [this message]
2010-05-25  6:49       ` [PATCH] proc_dointvec, write a single value J. R. Okajima
2010-05-25 12:23         ` Cong Wang
2010-05-25 23:10           ` David Miller
2010-05-30 15:09             ` Eric W. Biederman

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