The type field is now part of the header so
sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header() can safely be executed even without
any ctl_tables.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index fde7a2f773f0..4cdf98c6a9a4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ static int insert_header(struct ctl_dir *dir, struct ctl_table_header *header)
return -EROFS;
/* Am I creating a permanently empty directory? */
- if (header->ctl_table_size > 0 &&
- sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
+ if (sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&dir->root))
return -EINVAL;
sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(dir_h);
--
2.43.2
