linux-kernel - Re: + sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:26:55 +0200
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hidave.darkstar@...il.com
Subject: Re: + sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler.patch added to -mm
 tree

On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 03:05:43PM -0800, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> Add a proc_dointvec_unsigned() sysctl handler for positive value cases.

> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler
> +++ a/kernel/sysctl.c

> +int proc_dointvec_unsigned(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> +		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +	struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param param = {
> +		.min = &zero,
> +	};
> +	return do_proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos,
> +				do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv, &param);
> +}

This silently ignored max value in .extra2 .
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