netdev - Re: [Patch net] addrconf: always initialize sysctl table data

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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:01:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sasha.levin@...cle.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net] addrconf: always initialize sysctl table data

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:55:45 -0800

> When sysctl performs restrict writes, it allows to write from
> a middle position of a sysctl file, which requires us to initialize
> the table data before calling proc_dostring() for the write case.
> 
> Fixes: 3d1bec99320d ("ipv6: introduce secret_stable to ipv6_devconf")
> Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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