sysctl_print_dir() always terminates the printed path name with a slash, so printing a slash before the file part causes a duplicate like in sysctl duplicate entry: /kernel//perf_user_access Fix this by dropping the extra slash. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 5d66faecd4ef06b8..4f6168ec5079fc8f 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int insert_entry(struct ctl_table_header *head, struct ctl_table *entry) else { pr_err("sysctl duplicate entry: "); sysctl_print_dir(head->parent); - pr_cont("/%s\n", entry->procname); + pr_cont("%s\n", entry->procname); return -EEXIST; } } @@ -1020,8 +1020,8 @@ static struct ctl_dir *get_subdir(struct ctl_dir *dir, if (IS_ERR(subdir)) { pr_err("sysctl could not get directory: "); sysctl_print_dir(dir); - pr_cont("/%*.*s %ld\n", - namelen, namelen, name, PTR_ERR(subdir)); + pr_cont("%*.*s %ld\n", namelen, namelen, name, + PTR_ERR(subdir)); } drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header); if (new) @@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ static void put_links(struct ctl_table_header *header) else { pr_err("sysctl link missing during unregister: "); sysctl_print_dir(parent); - pr_cont("/%s\n", name); + pr_cont("%s\n", name); } } } -- 2.25.1