linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc1 sysctl table check failed on PowerMac

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Message-ID: <20071027183453.GB9816@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru>
Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:34:53 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Cc:	paulus@...ba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1 sysctl table check failed on PowerMac

On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:57:38PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> Booting 2.6.24-rc1 on my PowerMac the kernel now spits
> out a sysctl warning early in the boot sequence:
> 
> --- dmesg-2.6.23
> +++ dmesg-2.6.24-rc1
> ...
>  IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
>  TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
>  TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
>  TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
>  TCP reno registered
> +sysctl table check failed: /kernel .1 Writable sysctl directory

[PATCH] powerpc: fix sysctl whining re kernel.powersave-nap

kernel was marked with 0755. Everywhere else it's 0555.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static ctl_table powersave_nap_sysctl_root[] = {
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
 		.procname	= "kernel",
-		.mode		= 0755,
+		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= powersave_nap_ctl_table,
 	},
 	{}
-
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