On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 03:49:50PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
> index 8ad93c2..e4ab272 100644
> --- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
> @@ -41,12 +41,17 @@ static int proc_ipc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> static int proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> + int ret;
> struct ctl_table ipc_table;
>
> memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
> ipc_table.data = get_ipc(table);
>
> - return proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> +
> + table->flags |= ipc_table.flags; /* Copy back any change in flags */
This seems fragile, why are we requiring this to be done by the users of
CTL_FLAGS_CLAMP_RANGE ?
Luis
