On 02/27/2018 08:01 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > 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 I should have just copied back the CTL_FLAGS_OOR_WARNED flag. That will clarify what it is for. Cheers, Longman