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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400
commit54e514b91b95d6441c12a7955addfb9f9d2afc65 (patch)
tree8b73d901bd2a6ec5a31f34a8954e5ea92216dd6c /kernel/sysctl.c
parent4fc8adcfec3da639da76e8314c9ccefe5bf9a045 (diff)
parent6c8c90319c0bb1c9e0b68e721359b89ae4f28465 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge third patchbomb from Andrew Morton: - various misc things - a couple of lib/ optimisations - provide DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL() - checkpatch updates - rtc tree - befs, nilfs2, hfs, hfsplus, fatfs, adfs, affs, bfs - ptrace fixes - fork() fixes - seccomp cleanups - more mmap_sem hold time reductions from Davidlohr * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (138 commits) proc: show locks in /proc/pid/fdinfo/X docs: add missing and new /proc/PID/status file entries, fix typos drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c: make IO endian agnostic Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c: fix warning drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c: allow usage on device type different than main MFD type .gitignore: ignore *.tar MAINTAINERS: add Mediatek SoC mailing list tomoyo: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file powerpc/oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for exe_file oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file mips: ip32: add platform data hooks to use DS1685 driver lib/Kconfig: fix up HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE help text x86: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h sparc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h powerpc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h parisc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h mips: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h microblaze: use asm-generic for seccomp.h arm: use asm-generic for seccomp.h seccomp: allow COMPAT sigreturn overrides ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 42b7fc2860c1..2082b1a88fb9 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#endif
-
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
/* External variables not in a header file. */
-extern int max_threads;
extern int suid_dumpable;
#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
extern int core_uses_pid;
@@ -710,10 +708,10 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
#endif
{
.procname = "threads-max",
- .data = &max_threads,
+ .data = NULL,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
+ .proc_handler = sysctl_max_threads,
},
{
.procname = "random",
@@ -1983,7 +1981,15 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
int write, void *data)
{
if (write) {
- *valp = *negp ? -*lvalp : *lvalp;
+ if (*negp) {
+ if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX + 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ *valp = -*lvalp;
+ } else {
+ if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ *valp = *lvalp;
+ }
} else {
int val = *valp;
if (val < 0) {