The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
(e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
based on the given input.
Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <[email protected]>
Cc: WANG Cong <[email protected]>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +
kernel/sysctl.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index f66014c..7bb5cb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ extern int proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+extern int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *, int,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
/*
* Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5259727..ef2c13d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,128 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * proc_do_large_bitmap - read/write from/to a large bitmap
+ * @table: the sysctl table
+ * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
+ * @buffer: the user buffer
+ * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
+ * @ppos: file position
+ *
+ * The bitmap is stored at table->data and the bitmap length (in bits)
+ * in table->maxlen.
+ *
+ * We use a range comma separated format (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10) so that
+ * large bitmaps may be represented in a compact manner. Writing into
+ * the file will clear the bitmap then update it with the given input.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *_buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ bool first = 1;
+ unsigned long *bitmap = (unsigned long *) table->data;
+ unsigned long bitmap_len = table->maxlen;
+ int left = *lenp, err = 0;
+ char __user *buffer = (char __user *) _buffer;
+ char tr_a[] = { '-', ',', 0 }, tr_b[] = { ',', 0 }, c;
+
+
+ if (!bitmap_len || !left || (*ppos && !write)) {
+ *lenp = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (write) {
+ bitmap_clear(bitmap, 0, bitmap_len);
+ err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
+ while (!err && left) {
+ unsigned long val_a, val_b;
+ bool neg;
+
+ err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_a,
+ &val_a, &neg, &c);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ if (val_a >= bitmap_len || neg) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (!left || c != '-') {
+ if (c == ',') {
+ buffer++;
+ left--;
+ }
+ val_b = val_a;
+ goto update;
+ }
+
+ /* skip the - */
+ buffer++; left--;
+
+ err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_b,
+ &val_b, &neg, &c);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ if (val_b >= bitmap_len || neg || val_a > val_b) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (left && c == ',') {
+ buffer++;
+ left--;
+ }
+
+update:
+ while (val_a <= val_b)
+ set_bit(val_a++, bitmap);
+
+ first = 0; val_b++;
+ }
+ if (!err)
+ err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
+ } else {
+ unsigned long bit_a, bit_b = 0;
+
+ while (left) {
+ bit_a = find_next_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len, bit_b);
+ if (bit_a >= bitmap_len)
+ break;
+ bit_b = find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len,
+ bit_a + 1) - 1;
+
+ err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_a, 0, first,
+ ',');
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ if (bit_a != bit_b) {
+ err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '-');
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_b, 0,
+ 1, 0);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ first = 0; bit_b++;
+ }
+ if (!err)
+ err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
+ }
+
+ if (write && first)
+ return err;
+ *lenp -= left;
+ *ppos += *lenp;
+ return 0;
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
--
1.5.6.5
Octavian Purdila wrote:
> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>
> Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
> based on the given input.
>
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <[email protected]>
> Cc: WANG Cong <[email protected]>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
> ---
> include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +
> kernel/sysctl.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> index f66014c..7bb5cb6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> @@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ extern int proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
> void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
> extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int,
> void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
> +extern int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *, int,
> + void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
>
> /*
> * Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 5259727..ef2c13d 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -2635,6 +2635,128 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * proc_do_large_bitmap - read/write from/to a large bitmap
> + * @table: the sysctl table
> + * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
> + * @buffer: the user buffer
> + * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
> + * @ppos: file position
> + *
> + * The bitmap is stored at table->data and the bitmap length (in bits)
> + * in table->maxlen.
> + *
> + * We use a range comma separated format (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10) so that
> + * large bitmaps may be represented in a compact manner. Writing into
> + * the file will clear the bitmap then update it with the given input.
My test shows it still accepts spaces, e.g.
echo '50000 50003 50005' > ip_local_reserved_ports
works same as
echo '50000,50003,50005' > ip_local_reserved_ports
Is this expected? We will only accept commas, right?
Also, if I write an invalid value, it does reject this, but the previous
value in that file is cleared, shouldn't we keep the previous one?
>
> My test shows it still accepts spaces, e.g.
>
> echo '50000 50003 50005' > ip_local_reserved_ports
>
> works same as
>
> echo '50000,50003,50005' > ip_local_reserved_ports
>
> Is this expected? We will only accept commas, right?
>
Thanks for testing, I didn't saw that comming! I wanted to allow whitespaces in between the commas but it looks like I got overzealous. I can easily fix that.
But I think its worth to keep the whitespaces in beetween, e.g. allow
$ echo '1, 2 ,3 ' > ip_local_reserved_ports.
>
> Also, if I write an invalid value, it does reject this, but the previous
> value in that file is cleared, shouldn't we keep the previous one?
>
>
The only way I see to fix this is to return EINVAL if we detect a write with offset.
IMO we should do that for the other proc write routines as well, as otherwise ther result is confusing, e.g.
write("1 2"); write(" 3");
will set first value in the vector to 1, than second value to 2 then *first* value to 3.
I am all for it, but again, this changes userspace ABI.
Octavian Purdila wrote:
>
> But I think its worth to keep the whitespaces in beetween, e.g. allow
>
> $ echo '1, 2 ,3 ' > ip_local_reserved_ports.
Sure.
>
>> Also, if I write an invalid value, it does reject this, but the previous
>> value in that file is cleared, shouldn't we keep the previous one?
>>
>>
>
> The only way I see to fix this is to return EINVAL if we detect a write with offset.
Yeah, we shouldn't continue once we find any invalid value.
>
> IMO we should do that for the other proc write routines as well, as otherwise ther result is confusing, e.g.
>
> write("1 2"); write(" 3");
>
> will set first value in the vector to 1, than second value to 2 then *first* value to 3.
>
> I am all for it, but again, this changes userspace ABI.
Sorry, is this related with the problem I mentioned above? Both "1 2"
and " 3" are valid values.
Thanks.
On Monday 22 February 2010 04:45:44 you wrote:
> Octavian Purdila wrote:
> > But I think its worth to keep the whitespaces in beetween, e.g. allow
> >
> > $ echo '1, 2 ,3 ' > ip_local_reserved_ports.
>
> Sure.
>
> >> Also, if I write an invalid value, it does reject this, but the previous
> >> value in that file is cleared, shouldn't we keep the previous one?
> >
> > The only way I see to fix this is to return EINVAL if we detect a write
> > with offset.
>
> Yeah, we shouldn't continue once we find any invalid value.
>
> > IMO we should do that for the other proc write routines as well, as
> > otherwise ther result is confusing, e.g.
> >
> > write("1 2"); write(" 3");
> >
> > will set first value in the vector to 1, than second value to 2 then
> > *first* value to 3.
> >
> > I am all for it, but again, this changes userspace ABI.
>
> Sorry, is this related with the problem I mentioned above? Both "1 2"
> and " 3" are valid values.
>
Never mind, please disregard my "return EINVAL if we detect a write
with offset", it breaks the ABI in a significant way.
Here is a new version of this patch which fixes both the comma and invalid
value issues, please give it a try.
[net-next PATCH v5 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
(e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
based on the given input.
Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <[email protected]>
Cc: WANG Cong <[email protected]>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +
kernel/sysctl.c | 134
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index f66014c..7bb5cb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ extern int proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+extern int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *, int,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
/*
* Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5259727..d8ea839 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,140 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table,
int write,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * proc_do_large_bitmap - read/write from/to a large bitmap
+ * @table: the sysctl table
+ * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
+ * @buffer: the user buffer
+ * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
+ * @ppos: file position
+ *
+ * The bitmap is stored at table->data and the bitmap length (in bits)
+ * in table->maxlen.
+ *
+ * We use a range comma separated format (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10) so that
+ * large bitmaps may be represented in a compact manner. Writing into
+ * the file will clear the bitmap then update it with the given input.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *_buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ bool first = 1;
+ unsigned long *bitmap = (unsigned long *) table->data;
+ unsigned long bitmap_len = table->maxlen;
+ int left = *lenp, err = 0;
+ char __user *buffer = (char __user *) _buffer;
+ char tr_a[] = { '-', ',', 0 }, tr_b[] = { ',', 0 }, c;
+
+
+ if (!bitmap_len || !left || (*ppos && !write)) {
+ *lenp = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (write) {
+ err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
+ while (!err && left) {
+ unsigned long val_a, val_b;
+ bool neg;
+
+ err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_a,
+ &val_a, &neg, &c);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ if (val_a >= bitmap_len || neg) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ val_b = val_a;
+ if (left && c == '-') {
+ /* skip the - */
+ buffer++; left--;
+
+ err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_b,
+ &val_b, &neg, &c);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ if (val_b >= bitmap_len || neg ||
+ val_a > val_b) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (left) {
+ err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ if (left) {
+ if (get_user(c, buffer)) {
+ err = -EFAULT;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (c != ',') {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+ /* skip the , */
+ buffer++; left--;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (first)
+ bitmap_clear(bitmap, 0, bitmap_len);
+
+ while (val_a <= val_b)
+ set_bit(val_a++, bitmap);
+
+ first = 0;
+ }
+ if (!err)
+ err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
+ } else {
+ unsigned long bit_a, bit_b = 0;
+
+ while (left) {
+ bit_a = find_next_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len, bit_b);
+ if (bit_a >= bitmap_len)
+ break;
+ bit_b = find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len,
+ bit_a + 1) - 1;
+
+ err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_a, 0, first,
+ ',');
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ if (bit_a != bit_b) {
+ err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '-');
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_b, 0,
+ 1, 0);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ first = 0; bit_b++;
+ }
+ if (!err)
+ err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
+ }
+
+ if (first) {
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ bitmap_clear(bitmap, 0, bitmap_len);
+ }
+ *lenp -= left;
+ *ppos += *lenp;
+ return 0;
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
--
1.5.6.5
Octavian Purdila wrote:
>
> Here is a new version of this patch which fixes both the comma and invalid
> value issues, please give it a try.
>
Sorry, it is even worse. :(
> [net-next PATCH v5 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
>
> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>
Writing "50000-50100" gets EINVAL, it should be success.
Writing "50000,50100" fails too.
Please, at least, do some basic testing.
Also some comments below.
> Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
> based on the given input.
>
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <[email protected]>
> Cc: WANG Cong <[email protected]>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
Please resend the whole patchset, and update the doc in patch 3/3.
> ---
> include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +
> kernel/sysctl.c | 134
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> index f66014c..7bb5cb6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> @@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ extern int proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
> void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
> extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int,
> void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
> +extern int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *, int,
> + void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
>
> /*
> * Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 5259727..d8ea839 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -2635,6 +2635,140 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table,
> int write,
The above line is wrong, it should be a part of previous line.
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * proc_do_large_bitmap - read/write from/to a large bitmap
> + * @table: the sysctl table
> + * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
> + * @buffer: the user buffer
> + * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
> + * @ppos: file position
> + *
> + * The bitmap is stored at table->data and the bitmap length (in bits)
> + * in table->maxlen.
> + *
> + * We use a range comma separated format (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10) so that
> + * large bitmaps may be represented in a compact manner. Writing into
> + * the file will clear the bitmap then update it with the given input.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success.
> + */
> +int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> + void __user *_buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + bool first = 1;
> + unsigned long *bitmap = (unsigned long *) table->data;
> + unsigned long bitmap_len = table->maxlen;
> + int left = *lenp, err = 0;
'left' should be size_t.
> + char __user *buffer = (char __user *) _buffer;
> + char tr_a[] = { '-', ',', 0 }, tr_b[] = { ',', 0 }, c;
> +
> +
> + if (!bitmap_len || !left || (*ppos && !write)) {
> + *lenp = 0;
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + if (write) {
> + err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
> + while (!err && left) {
> + unsigned long val_a, val_b;
> + bool neg;
> +
> + err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_a,
> + &val_a, &neg, &c);
> + if (err)
> + break;
> +
> + if (val_a >= bitmap_len || neg) {
> + err = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + val_b = val_a;
> + if (left && c == '-') {
> + /* skip the - */
> + buffer++; left--;
> +
> + err = proc_get_ulong(&buffer, &left, tr_b,
> + &val_b, &neg, &c);
> + if (err)
> + break;
> +
> + if (val_b >= bitmap_len || neg ||
> + val_a > val_b) {
> + err = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + if (left) {
> + err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
> + if (err)
> + break;
> + if (left) {
> + if (get_user(c, buffer)) {
> + err = -EFAULT;
> + break;
> + }
> + if (c != ',') {
> + err = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> + }
> + /* skip the , */
> + buffer++; left--;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + if (first)
> + bitmap_clear(bitmap, 0, bitmap_len);
> +
> + while (val_a <= val_b)
> + set_bit(val_a++, bitmap);
> +
> + first = 0;
> + }
> + if (!err)
> + err = proc_skip_wspace(&buffer, &left);
> + } else {
> + unsigned long bit_a, bit_b = 0;
> +
> + while (left) {
> + bit_a = find_next_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len, bit_b);
> + if (bit_a >= bitmap_len)
> + break;
> + bit_b = find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len,
> + bit_a + 1) - 1;
> +
> + err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_a, 0, first,
> + ',');
> + if (err)
> + break;
> + if (bit_a != bit_b) {
> + err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '-');
> + if (err)
> + break;
> + err = proc_put_ulong(&buffer, &left, bit_b, 0,
> + 1, 0);
> + if (err)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + first = 0; bit_b++;
> + }
> + if (!err)
> + err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
> + }
> +
> + if (first) {
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + bitmap_clear(bitmap, 0, bitmap_len);
> + }
> + *lenp -= left;
> + *ppos += *lenp;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> #else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
>
> int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
Cong Wang wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
>> index 5259727..d8ea839 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
>> @@ -2635,6 +2635,140 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table
>> *table, int write,
>
>
> The above line is wrong, it should be a part of previous line.
>
>
Sorry, ignore this, it should be my thunderbird's fault,
it truncated the line. I will fix it...
On Wednesday 24 February 2010 07:24:00 you wrote:
> Octavian Purdila wrote:
> > Here is a new version of this patch which fixes both the comma and
> > invalid value issues, please give it a try.
>
> Sorry, it is even worse. :(
>
> > [net-next PATCH v5 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
> >
> > The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> > comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> > (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>
> Writing "50000-50100" gets EINVAL, it should be success.
> Writing "50000,50100" fails too.
>
Hmm, they don't fail for me :-/
> Please, at least, do some basic testing.
>
I do test them, I've attached the current test batch I was using.
Anyways, today I've noticed that "1,2 3" does not fail and even more
importantly the final value is "3".
Being that I don't see a way of fixing this without not acknowledging 1,2 even
though we will do set these values, I revisited the "1 2 3" issue. And I don't
understand why this is actually an issue, we are just being more permissive
(i.e. we are allowing as separators both whitespaces and ,).
> Also some comments below.
>
> > diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > index 5259727..d8ea839 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > @@ -2635,6 +2635,140 @@ static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table
> > *table, int write,
>
> The above line is wrong, it should be a part of previous line.
>
Probably my email client corrupted the patch, sorry about that, I will be more
careful next time.
> > + int left = *lenp, err = 0;
>
> 'left' should be size_t.
>
Will fix, thanks for catching this.
I will resend the whole patch series once we get this formatting issue
resolved.
Octavian Purdila wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2010 07:24:00 you wrote:
>> Octavian Purdila wrote:
>>> Here is a new version of this patch which fixes both the comma and
>>> invalid value issues, please give it a try.
>> Sorry, it is even worse. :(
>>
>>> [net-next PATCH v5 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
>>>
>>> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
>>> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
>>> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>> Writing "50000-50100" gets EINVAL, it should be success.
>> Writing "50000,50100" fails too.
>>
>
> Hmm, they don't fail for me :-/
>
>> Please, at least, do some basic testing.
>>
>
> I do test them, I've attached the current test batch I was using.
>
> Anyways, today I've noticed that "1,2 3" does not fail and even more
> importantly the final value is "3".
>
> Being that I don't see a way of fixing this without not acknowledging 1,2 even
> though we will do set these values, I revisited the "1 2 3" issue. And I don't
> understand why this is actually an issue, we are just being more permissive
> (i.e. we are allowing as separators both whitespaces and ,).
>
>
Oops, after rechecking my test case, it is actually my test case's
fault. Sorry for this. I will fix my test case and run it again.
>
> I will resend the whole patch series once we get this formatting issue
> resolved.
>
Thanks much!
Cong Wang wrote:
> Octavian Purdila wrote:
>> On Wednesday 24 February 2010 07:24:00 you wrote:
>>> Octavian Purdila wrote:
>>>> Here is a new version of this patch which fixes both the comma and
>>>> invalid value issues, please give it a try.
>>> Sorry, it is even worse. :(
>>>
>>>> [net-next PATCH v5 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
>>>>
>>>> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
>>>> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
>>>> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>>> Writing "50000-50100" gets EINVAL, it should be success.
>>> Writing "50000,50100" fails too.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, they don't fail for me :-/
>>
>>> Please, at least, do some basic testing.
>>>
>>
>> I do test them, I've attached the current test batch I was using.
>>
>> Anyways, today I've noticed that "1,2 3" does not fail and even more
>> importantly the final value is "3".
>> Being that I don't see a way of fixing this without not acknowledging
>> 1,2 even though we will do set these values, I revisited the "1 2 3"
>> issue. And I don't understand why this is actually an issue, we are
>> just being more permissive (i.e. we are allowing as separators both
>> whitespaces and ,).
>>
>>
>
> Oops, after rechecking my test case, it is actually my test case's
> fault. Sorry for this. I will fix my test case and run it again.
>
Hi,
Still a small problem, if I do write(fd, "50000,50100", 12) I will
get a return value of 11, which should mean 11 bytes are written,
however, actually only the first 6 bytes are accepted.
The rest looks better now.
Or am I missing something here? :)
Thanks!
>
> Hi,
>
> Still a small problem, if I do write(fd, "50000,50100", 12) I will
> get a return value of 11, which should mean 11 bytes are written,
> however, actually only the first 6 bytes are accepted.
>
> The rest looks better now.
>
> Or am I missing something here? :)
>
Will take a look at this a bit later today, thanks for testing.
In the meanwhile what are your thougths on the "1 2 3" issue, are you OK with accepting spaces as well as commas as separators?
Octavian Purdila wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Still a small problem, if I do write(fd, "50000,50100", 12) I will
>> get a return value of 11, which should mean 11 bytes are written,
>> however, actually only the first 6 bytes are accepted.
>>
>> The rest looks better now.
>>
>> Or am I missing something here? :)
>>
>
> Will take a look at this a bit later today, thanks for testing.
>
> In the meanwhile what are your thougths on the "1 2 3" issue, are you OK with accepting spaces as well as commas as separators?
I think one of them is enough, since we already chose commas, why
do we need to add spaces? If you have some strong reason to add it,
I have no objections.
Thanks.
> I think one of them is enough, since we already chose commas, why
> do we need to add spaces? If you have some strong reason to add it,
> I have no objections.
>
It is just for simpler implementation. It is actually harder to restrict the separator to only commas insted of allowing both spaces and commas, because I rely on functions used for the integer vector handling.
Maybe I should change those functions to be more generic and thus to allow more stricter input, but I am not sure if its worth it. Isn't a more permissive input format desirable?
Octavian Purdila wrote:
>> I think one of them is enough, since we already chose commas, why
>> do we need to add spaces? If you have some strong reason to add it,
>> I have no objections.
>>
>
> It is just for simpler implementation. It is actually harder to restrict the separator to only commas insted of allowing both spaces and commas, because I rely on functions used for the integer vector handling.
>
> Maybe I should change those functions to be more generic and thus to allow more stricter input, but I am not sure if its worth it. Isn't a more permissive input format desirable?
I think you should ask Eric, since he proposed using commas. :)
I am fine with either of them.
Thanks.