linux-toradex.git/kernel/sysctl.c, branch v5.17-rc4

sysctl: returns -EINVAL when a negative value is passed to proc_doulongvec_minmax

2022-01-22T06:33:37+00:00

When we pass a negative value to the proc_doulongvec_minmax() function,
the function returns 0, but the corresponding interface value does not
change.

we can easily reproduce this problem with the following commands:

    cd /proc/sys/fs/epoll
    echo -1 > max_user_watches; echo $?; cat max_user_watches

This function requires a non-negative number to be passed in, so when a
negative number is passed in, -EINVAL is returned.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211220092627.3744624-1-libaokun1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li 
Reported-by: Hulk Robot 
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kernel/sysctl.c: remove unused variable ten_thousand

2022-01-22T06:33:37+00:00

The const variable ten_thousand is not used, it is redundant and can be
removed.

Cleans up clang warning:

  kernel/sysctl.c:99:18: warning: unused variable 'ten_thousand' [-Wunused-const-variable]
  static const int ten_thousand = 10000;

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211221184501.574670-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com
Fixes: c26da54dc8ca ("printk: move printk sysctl to printk/sysctl.c")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King 
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kprobe: move sysctl_kprobes_optimization to kprobes.c

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.

To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong.  The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we
just care about the core logic.

Move sysctl_kprobes_optimization from kernel/sysctl.c to
kernel/kprobes.c.  Use register_sysctl() to register the sysctl
interface.

[mcgrof@kernel.org: fix compile issue when CONFIG_OPTPROBES is disabled]

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-7-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/coredump: move coredump sysctls into its own file

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

This moves the fs/coredump.c respective sysctls to its own file.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-6-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kernel/sysctl.c: rename sysctl_init() to sysctl_init_bases()

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

Rename sysctl_init() to sysctl_init_bases() so to reflect exactly what
this is doing.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-4-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs: move namespace sysctls and declare fs base directory

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

This moves the namespace sysctls to its own file as part of the
kernel/sysctl.c spring cleaning

Since we have now removed all sysctls for "fs", we now have to declare
it on the filesystem code, we do that using the new helper, which
reduces boiler plate code.

We rename init_fs_shared_sysctls() to init_fs_sysctls() to reflect that
now fs/sysctls.c is taking on the burden of being the first to register
the base directory as well.

Lastly, since init code will load in the order in which we link it we
have to move the sysctl code to be linked in early, so that its early
init routine runs prior to other fs code.  This way, other filesystem
code can register their own sysctls using the helpers after this:

  * register_sysctl_init()
  * register_sysctl()

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-3-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

sysctl: add and use base directory declarer and registration helper

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

Patch series "sysctl: add and use base directory declarer and
registration helper".

In this patch series we start addressing base directories, and so we
start with the "fs" sysctls.  The end goal is we end up completely
moving all "fs" sysctl knobs out from kernel/sysctl.

This patch (of 6):

Add a set of helpers which can be used to declare and register base
directory sysctls on their own.  We do this so we can later move each of
the base sysctl directories like "fs", "kernel", etc, to their own
respective files instead of shoving the declarations and registrations
all on kernel/sysctl.c.  The lazy approach has caught up and with this,
we just end up extending the list of base directories / sysctls on one
file and this makes maintenance difficult due to merge conflicts from
many developers.

The declarations are used first by kernel/sysctl.c for registration its
own base which over time we'll try to clean up.  It will be used in the
next patch to demonstrate how to cleanly deal with base sysctl
directories.

[mcgrof@kernel.org: null-terminate the ctl_table arrays]
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YafJY3rXDYnjK/gs@bombadil.infradead.org

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-1-mcgrof@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129211943.640266-2-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Christian Brauner 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs: move pipe sysctls to is own file

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.

To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong.  The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we
just care about the core logic.

So move the pipe sysctls to its own file.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129205548.605569-10-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Andy Shevchenko 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs: move fs/exec.c sysctls into its own file

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.

To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong.  The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we
just care about the core logic.

So move the fs/exec.c respective sysctls to its own file.

Since checkpatch complains about style issues with the old code, this
move also fixes a few of those minor style issues:

  * Use pr_warn() instead of prink(WARNING
  * New empty lines are wanted at the beginning of routines

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129205548.605569-9-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Andy Shevchenko 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs: move namei sysctls to its own file

2022-01-22T06:33:36+00:00

kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.

To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong.  The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we
just care about the core logic.

So move namei's own sysctl knobs to its own file.

Other than the move we also avoid initializing two static variables to 0
as this is not needed:

  * sysctl_protected_symlinks
  * sysctl_protected_hardlinks

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211129205548.605569-8-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Andy Shevchenko 
Cc: Antti Palosaari 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc: Iurii Zaikin 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Lukas Middendorf 
Cc: Stephen Kitt 
Cc: Xiaoming Ni 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds