linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/14] sysrq,sysctl: remove proc input checks out of sysctl handlers

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Message-Id: <1335681937-3715-5-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:45:28 +0200
From:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
To:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, rostedt@...dmis.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, paulus@...ba.org,
	acme@...stprotocols.net, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 05/14] sysrq,sysctl: remove proc input checks out of sysctl handlers

Simplify sysctl handler by removing user input checks and using the callback
provided by the sysctl table.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
---
 kernel/sysctl.c |   16 ++++------------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 40be238..bde6087 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -178,18 +178,9 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 /* Note: sysrq code uses it's own private copy */
 static int __sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
 
-static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
-				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
-				loff_t *ppos)
+static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(void)
 {
-	int error;
-
-	error = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	if (write)
-		sysrq_toggle_support(__sysrq_enabled);
+	sysrq_toggle_support(__sysrq_enabled);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -594,7 +585,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &__sysrq_enabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= sysrq_sysctl_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.callback	= sysrq_sysctl_handler,
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
-- 
1.7.8.5

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