netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] sysctl: range checking in do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ffusco@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] sysctl: range checking in
 do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv

From: Francesco Fusco <ffusco@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:39:07 +0200

> When (integer) sysctl values are expressed in ms and have to be
> represented internally as jiffies. The msecs_to_jiffies function
> returns an unsigned long, which gets assigned to the integer.
> This patch prevents the value to be assigned if bigger than
> INT_MAX, done in a similar way as in cba9f3 ("Range checking in
> do_proc_dointvec_(userhz_)jiffies_conv").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Fusco <ffusco@...hat.com>

Applied with the changes suggested by Sergei.
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