linux-kernel - Re: [46/74] net: restore ip source validation

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Message-ID: <87pr4jxuzl.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
Date:	Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:55:58 +0100
From:	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@....de>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Cc:	hadi@...erus.ca, Randolf Pohl <randolf.pohl@....de>,
	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [46/74] net: restore ip source validation

On 2010-02-05 21:17 +0100, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> Bah.  That DEVINET_SYSCTL_ENTRY requires having a binary sysctl
> assigned, just to use as an index.
>
> Which of course trips over all of the fine checks in sysctl_check.c to
> keep people from assigning new binary sysctls by accident.
>
> That is the only place in the kernel where he have that problem, I wonder
> how much work it will be to finish untangling.

Isn't that already done in 2.6.33, looking at commit 83ac201b ?  Forgive
my ignorance, I am a layman.

Sen
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