netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: sctp: only warn in proc_sctp_do_alpha

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:52:09 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: sctp: only warn in proc_sctp_do_alpha_beta if write

Only warn if the value is written to alpha or beta. We don't care
emitting a one-time warning when only reading it.

Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
---
 net/sctp/sysctl.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 12c7e01..2e9ada1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -424,8 +424,9 @@ static int proc_sctp_do_alpha_beta(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				   loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	pr_warn_once("Changing rto_alpha or rto_beta may lead to "
-		     "suboptimal rtt/srtt estimations!\n");
+	if (write)
+		pr_warn_once("Changing rto_alpha or rto_beta may lead to "
+			     "suboptimal rtt/srtt estimations!\n");
 
 	return proc_dointvec_minmax(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
-- 
1.7.11.7

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