linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] sysctl: Cleanup the sched debug sysctl usage.

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:08:52 -0600
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] sysctl: Cleanup the sched debug sysctl usage.


- The ctl_name for the kernel directory is CTL_KERN
- It is impoosible to write to sysctl directories so do not
  give users write permissions.

This is enough to stop sysctl_check_table from complaining about
the sched debug sysctls. 

My apologies for not sending this earlier I had the impression
Ingo's tree had diverged significantly from what was in the
stable tree.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/sched.c |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index b0afd8d..47afd80 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5223,15 +5223,16 @@ static void migrate_dead_tasks(unsigned int dead_cpu)
 static struct ctl_table sd_ctl_dir[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "sched_domain",
-		.mode		= 0755,
+		.mode		= 0555,
 	},
 	{0,},
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table sd_ctl_root[] = {
 	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
 		.procname	= "kernel",
-		.mode		= 0755,
+		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= sd_ctl_dir,
 	},
 	{0,},
@@ -5307,7 +5308,7 @@ static ctl_table *sd_alloc_ctl_cpu_table(int cpu)
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
 		snprintf(buf, 32, "domain%d", i);
 		entry->procname = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
-		entry->mode = 0755;
+		entry->mode = 0555;
 		entry->child = sd_alloc_ctl_domain_table(sd);
 		entry++;
 		i++;
@@ -5327,7 +5328,7 @@ static void init_sched_domain_sysctl(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < cpu_num; i++, entry++) {
 		snprintf(buf, 32, "cpu%d", i);
 		entry->procname = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
-		entry->mode = 0755;
+		entry->mode = 0555;
 		entry->child = sd_alloc_ctl_cpu_table(i);
 	}
 	sd_sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(sd_ctl_root);
-- 
1.5.1.1.181.g2de0

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