linux-kernel - Re: + sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <20110527045156.GA2442@p183.telecom.by>
Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 07:51:56 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler.patch added to -mm
 tree

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:59:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> So... where did we end up with this discussion?
> 
> There are four patches involved:

> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-add-proc_dointvec_unsigned-handler.patch
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-use-proc_dointvec_unsigned-where-appropriate.patch

This still sucks:
* .extra2 aka max is ignored(!)
* even if not ignored, API can't be used on array, because min and max
  boundaries should match wrt length.
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