On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:39:19AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > On 03/16/2018 09:10 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 02:13:42PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > >> When the CTL_FLAGS_CLAMP_RANGE flag is set in the ctl_table > >> entry, any update from the userspace will be clamped to the given > >> range without error if either the proc_dointvec_minmax() or the > >> proc_douintvec_minmax() handlers is used. > > I don't get it. Why define a generic range flag when we can be mores specific and > > you do that in your next patch. What's the point of this flag then? > > > > Luis > > I was thinking about using the signed/unsigned bits as just annotations > for ranges for future extension. For the purpose of this patchset alone, > I can merge the three bits into just two. Only introduce flags which you will actually use in the same patch series. Luis
