linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] sysctl: move maxolduid as a sysctl specific const

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Message-Id: <20211229164624.bbf08e1ed4350e97282344e2@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:46:24 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com,
        nixiaoming@...wei.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, steve@....org,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, jlayton@...nel.org,
        bfields@...ldses.org, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] sysctl: move maxolduid as a sysctl specific const

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:25:41 -0800 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 05:15:01PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > > index 7dec3d5a9ed4..675b625fa898 100644
> > > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > > @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
> > >   static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
> > >   /* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
> > > -const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX };
> > > +const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 65535, INT_MAX };
> > 
> > The new SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID uses the index 10 of sysctl_vals[] but the same
> > commit replaces index 8 (SYSCTL_THREE_THOUSAND used by
> > vm.watermark_scale_factor) instead of adding a new entry.
> > 
> > It should be:
> > +const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX,
> > 65535 };
> 
> Can you send a proper patch which properly fixes this and identifies
> the commit name with a Fixes tag. Since thi sis on Andrew's tree no
> commit ID is required given that they are ephemeral.

I did this:

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: sysctl-move-maxolduid-as-a-sysctl-specific-const-fix

fix sysctl_vals[], per Mickaël.

Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikonet>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Lukas Middendorf <kernel@...force.de>
Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~sysctl-move-maxolduid-as-a-sysctl-specific-const-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc
 static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
 
 /* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
-const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 65535, INT_MAX };
+const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX, 65535 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);
 
 const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[] = { 0, 1, LONG_MAX };
_