linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] sysctl: Add negp parameter to douintvec converter functions

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Message-ID: <25gqrmbt5hzknu3244thjxo7o2tavliw2h7okp4xrbu42xntxp@flz66og5xlph>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 11:36:47 +0100
From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] sysctl: Add negp parameter to douintvec converter
 functions

On Thu, Jan 01, 2026 at 01:57:08PM +0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> Updates all douintvec converter function signatures to include a bool
> *negp parameter. This is a preparation commit required to eventually
> generate do_proc_douintvec with a macro. The negp argument will be
> ignored as it is not relevant for the uint type. Note that
> do_proc_uint_conv_pipe_maxsz in pipe.c is also modified.
This breaks the compilation. It is fixed when all the calls to conv
are moved to the macro, but it is still something that should not be
there.

I'll correct this in my V3.

Best

-- 

Joel Granados

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