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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 5851eb5bc726..1df0beb50dbe 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ out: * __register_sysctl_table - register a leaf sysctl table * @set: Sysctl tree to register on * @path: The path to the directory the sysctl table is in. - * @table: the top-level table structure + * @table: the top-level table structure without any child * * Register a sysctl table hierarchy. @table should be a filled in ctl_table * array. A completely 0 filled entry terminates the table. @@ -1308,9 +1308,12 @@ out: * proc_handler - the text handler routine (described below) * * extra1, extra2 - extra pointers usable by the proc handler routines + * XXX: we should eventually modify these to use long min / max [0] + * [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/87zgpte9o4.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org * * Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file - * under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. + * under /proc; non-leaf nodes (where child is not NULL) are not allowed, + * sysctl_check_table() verifies this. * * There must be a proc_handler routine for any terminal nodes. * Several default handlers are available to cover common cases - @@ -1352,7 +1355,7 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table( spin_lock(&sysctl_lock); dir = &set->dir; - /* Reference moved down the diretory tree get_subdir */ + /* Reference moved down the directory tree get_subdir */ dir->header.nreg++; spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock); @@ -1369,6 +1372,11 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table( if (namelen == 0) continue; + /* + * namelen ensures if name is "foo/bar/yay" only foo is + * registered first. We traverse as if using mkdir -p and + * return a ctl_dir for the last directory entry. + */ dir = get_subdir(dir, name, namelen); if (IS_ERR(dir)) goto fail; |