linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc_dointvec, write a single value

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Message-Id: <20100525.161040.71125311.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 16:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amwang@...hat.com
Cc:	hooanon05@...oo.co.jp, opurdila@...acom.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc_dointvec, write a single value

From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:23:47 +0800

> On 05/25/10 14:49, J. R. Okajima wrote:
>> The commit 00b7c3395aec3df43de5bd02a3c5a099ca51169f
>> "sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code"
>> modified the behaviour of writing to /proc.
>> Before the commit, write("1\n") to /proc/sys/kernel/printk
>> succeeded. But
>> now it returns EINVAL.
>>
>> This commit supports writing a single value to a multi-valued entry.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima<hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
> 
> Reviewed-and-tested-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>

Since the regression causing change came in via the net tree
I'll integrate this fix too, applied, thanks!
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