The proc file `compact_unevictable_allowed' should allow 0 and 1 only, the `extra*' attribues have been set properly but without proc_dointvec_minmax() as the `proc_handler' the limit will not be enforced. Use proc_dointvec_minmax() as the `proc_handler' to enfoce the valid specified range. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index ad5b88a53c5a8..982203101f961 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .data = &sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax, .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO, .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE, }, -- 2.25.1