linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sched/deadline: Use proc_douintvec

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Message-ID: <YqGTJsf2R9hBz2bi@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:28:54 +0200
From:   Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
To:     Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
        mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com, vschneid@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/deadline: Use proc_douintvec_minmax() limit
 minimum value

Hi,

On 07/06/22 18:18, Yajun Deng wrote:
> sysctl_sched_dl_period_max and sysctl_sched_dl_period_min are unsigned
> integer, but proc_dointvec() wouldn't return error even if we set a
> negative number.
> 
> Use proc_douintvec_minmax() instead of proc_dointvec(). Add extra1 for
> sysctl_sched_dl_period_max and extra2 for sysctl_sched_dl_period_min.
> 
> It's just an optimization for match data and proc_handler in struct
> ctl_table. The 'if (period < min || period > max)' in __checkparam_dl()
> will work fine even if there hasn't this patch.
> 
> v2:
>  - update the log message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
> ---

Guess I'm not opposed to the change, even if, as the changelog also
says, we should be already checking for sane values.

That said,

Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>

Thanks,
Juri