On 03/12/2018 04:50 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 04:15:41PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: >> Even with clamped sysctl parameters, it is still not that straight >> forward to figure out the exact range of those parameters. One may >> try to write extreme parameter values to see if they get clamped. >> To make it easier, a warning with the expected range will now be >> printed into the kernel ring buffer when a clamped sysctl parameter >> receives an out of range value. >> >> The pr_warn_ratelimited() macro is used to limit the number of warning >> messages that can be printed within a given period of time. >> >> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> kernel/sysctl.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- >> 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c >> index 3d65f41..14aca92 100644 >> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c >> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c >> @@ -2505,6 +2505,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write, >> * @min: pointer to minimum allowable value >> * @max: pointer to maximum allowable value >> * @flags: pointer to flags >> + * @name: sysctl parameter name >> * >> * The do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param structure provides the >> * minimum and maximum values for doing range checking for those sysctl >> @@ -2514,31 +2515,48 @@ struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param { >> int *min; >> int *max; >> unsigned int *flags; >> + const char *name; >> }; >> >> +#ifdef pr_fmt >> +#undef pr_fmt >> +#endif >> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "sysctl: " fmt > No. This needs to be defined at the top of the file, please look > at other uses on kernel/*.c and just use: > > #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt > > The filename already provides the name we want. Right. That is the right way to do it. Cheers, Longman