linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/quota: use unsigned int helper for sysctl fs.quota.*

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Date:   Thu, 7 Nov 2019 20:59:29 +0300
From:   Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        Dmitry Monakhov <dmtrmonakhov@...dex-team.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/quota: use unsigned int helper for sysctl fs.quota.*

On 07/11/2019 14.50, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 07-11-19 13:08:11, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>> Report counters as unsigned, otherwise they turn negative at overflow:
>>
>> # sysctl fs.quota
>> fs.quota.allocated_dquots = 22327
>> fs.quota.cache_hits = -489852115
>> fs.quota.drops = -487288718
>> fs.quota.free_dquots = 22083
>> fs.quota.lookups = -486883485
>> fs.quota.reads = 22327
>> fs.quota.syncs = 335064
>> fs.quota.writes = 3088689
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
> 
> Fair enough but then 'stats' array in dqstats should be unsigned as well
> for consistency and why not actually make everything long when we are at
> it? percpu_counter we use is s64 anyway...

Ok. I'll patch this too.

> 
> 								Honza
> 
>> ---
>>   fs/quota/dquot.c |    2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
>> index 6e826b454082..606e1e39674b 100644
>> --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
>> +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
>> @@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ static int do_proc_dqstats(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>>   	/* Update global table */
>>   	dqstats.stat[type] =
>>   			percpu_counter_sum_positive(&dqstats.counter[type]);
>> -	return proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>> +	return proc_douintvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>>   }
>>   
>>   static struct ctl_table fs_dqstats_table[] = {
>>