2017-04-20 18:48:38

by Myungho Jung

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Subject: [PATCH v2] timer/sysclt: Restrict timer migration sysctl values to 0 and 1

timer_migration sysctl acts as a boolean switch, so the allowed values
should be restricted to 0 and 1.

Add the necessary extra fields to the sysctl table entry to enforce
that.

Testcase is ltp/runpwtests06.

Signed-off-by: Myungho Jung <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Correct commit log

kernel/sysctl.c | 2 ++
kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8c8714f..21343d1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = timer_migration_handler,
+ .extra1 = &zero,
+ .extra2 = &one,
},
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 1dc0256..cc6b6bd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int timer_migration_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
int ret;

mutex_lock(&mutex);
- ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (!ret && write)
timers_update_migration(false);
mutex_unlock(&mutex);
--
2.7.4


2017-04-20 19:47:41

by Thomas Gleixner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] timer/sysclt: Restrict timer migration sysctl values to 0 and 1

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Myungho Jung wrote:

I told you to check your mail so you avoid sending a V2. That mail from
tip-bot is a notification that:

This
> Commit-ID: b94bf594cf8ed67cdd0439e70fa939783471597a

which can be looked at via:
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/b94bf594cf8ed67cdd0439e70fa939783471597a

authored by:
> Author: Myungho Jung <[email protected]>

on:
> AuthorDate: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:24:50 -0700

was commited by:
> Committer: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

on:
> CommitDate: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:56:59 +0200

And the subject line of that mail tells you the branch inside the tip
repository and the subject line of the commit:

> [tip:timers/core] timer/sysclt: Restrict timer migration sysctl values to 0 and 1

Thanks,

tglx