linux-kernel - Re: + sysctl-error-on-bad-sysctl-tables.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:22:23 -0600
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + sysctl-error-on-bad-sysctl-tables.patch added to -mm tree

Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru> writes:

> It gives false positive on kernel.pty.nr:
>
> 	sysctl table check failed: /kernel/pty/nr .1.62.2 No data
>
> However, ->data is set in unix98_pty_init().

It's a race.  

Data isn't set until after we enable the sysctl subsystem.

In practice I doubt it matters but I think would rather fix
that one case (by using register_sysctl_table) then not have
the check.

Eric
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