Re: [PATCH] sysctl: const-ify ngroups_max

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On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 06:30:55PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 11:17:47AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 05:25:09PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 09:08:22AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 05:57:27PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > > > > ngroups_max is a read-only sysctl entry, reflecting NGROUPS_MAX. Make
> > > > > it const, in the same way as cap_last_cap.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Kees, since there is quite a bit of sysctl cleanup stuff going on and I
> > > have a fs sysctl kitchen cleanup, are you alright if I carry this in a
> > > tree and send this to Andrew once done? This would hopefully avoid
> > > merge conflicts between these patches.
> > > 
> > > I have to still re-spin my fs sysctl stuff, but will wait to do that
> > > once Xiaoming bases his series on linux-next.
> > 
> > Yeah, totally. I don't technically have a sysctl tree (I've always just
> > had akpm take stuff), so go for it. I'm just doing reviews. :)
> 
> Oh, I don't want a tree either, it was just that I can imagine these
> series can easily create conflcits, so I wanted to avoid that before
> passing them on to Andrew.

Yup, that's cool. I happily defer to you on these cleanups! :)

-- 
Kees Cook



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