On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:12:47 -0400 Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/12/2018 04:52 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:15:40 -0400 Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Checking code is added to check for invalid flags in the ctl_table > >> and return error if an unknown flag is used. > > Why? What's wrong with the old code, what value does this change add, > > etc. > > This is an additional checking code requested by Luis. Readers of this patch will wish to know why it exists. That doesn't tell us!