linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: change ipfrag_high/low_thresh to CTL

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Message-ID: <CANn89i+rSEJ3Rqd5JW-w7aLzETMX89Qgg3wne9Ae7WWDBe3yZg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 May 2019 08:00:34 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: change ipfrag_high/low_thresh to CTL_ULONG

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:30 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> 3e67f106f619 ("inet: frags: break the 2GB limit for frags storage"),
> changes ipfrag_high/low_thread 'type' from int to long, using CTL_ULONG
> instead of CTL_INT to keep consistent.


What about  compatibility with existing applications ?
Will there sysctl() fail if they provide 32bit variable ?

/proc/sys/net  files are text files, but sysctl() system call has been
discouraged for more than a decade.