linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched/deadline: Use proc_douintvec

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Message-ID: <165510980561.4207.4781637926120496511.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 08:43:25 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Yajun Deng" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched/deadline: Use proc_douintvec_minmax() limit
 minimum value

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2ed81e765417ec2526f901366167a13294ef09ce
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2ed81e765417ec2526f901366167a13294ef09ce
Author:        Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:18:07 +08:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +02:00

sched/deadline: Use proc_douintvec_minmax() limit minimum value

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.

Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220607101807.249965-1-yajun.deng@linux.dev
---
 kernel/sched/deadline.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index b515296..5867e18 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_dl_sysctls[] = {
 		.data           = &sysctl_sched_dl_period_max,
 		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode           = 0644,
-		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_douintvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = (void *)&sysctl_sched_dl_period_min,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname       = "sched_deadline_period_min_us",
 		.data           = &sysctl_sched_dl_period_min,
 		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode           = 0644,
-		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_douintvec_minmax,
+		.extra2         = (void *)&sysctl_sched_dl_period_max,
 	},
 	{}
 };