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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c12
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 2eb5987091ea..b9d53b53d769 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, 3000, INT_MAX, 65535 };
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);
const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[] = { 0, 1, LONG_MAX };
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 2de6d20d191b..bb921eb8a02d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ struct ctl_dir;
#define SYSCTL_THREE_THOUSAND ((void *)&sysctl_vals[8])
#define SYSCTL_INT_MAX ((void *)&sysctl_vals[9])
+/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
+#define SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID ((void *)&sysctl_vals[10])
+
extern const int sysctl_vals[];
#define SYSCTL_LONG_ZERO ((void *)&sysctl_long_vals[0])
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4d182fb5c22e..5bbb4c59dd1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ static const int six_hundred_forty_kb = 640 * 1024;
/* this is needed for the proc_doulongvec_minmax of vm_dirty_bytes */
static const unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
-/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
-static const int maxolduid = 65535;
-/* minolduid is SYSCTL_ZERO */
-
static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
@@ -2127,7 +2123,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
- .extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
},
{
.procname = "overflowgid",
@@ -2136,7 +2132,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
- .extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_S390
{
@@ -2908,7 +2904,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
- .extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
},
{
.procname = "overflowgid",
@@ -2917,7 +2913,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
- .extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
{