The patch titled
sysctl: warn if someone uses not-present sys_sysctl()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is
sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl-fix.patch
This patch was dropped because it was folded into sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl.patch
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Subject: sysctl: warn if someone uses not-present sys_sysctl()
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
If sys_sysctl() is not compiled-in, emit a warning.
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl-fix kernel/sysctl.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl-fix
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2486,6 +2486,14 @@ int sysctl_ms_jiffies(ctl_table *table,
asmlinkage long sys_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args __user *args)
{
+ static int msg_count;
+
+ if (msg_count < 5) {
+ msg_count++;
+ printk(KERN_INFO
+ "warning: process `%s' used the removed sysctl "
+ "system call\n", current->comm);
+ }
return -ENOSYS;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
revert-x86_64-mm-i386-remove-lock-section.patch
fix-x86_64-mm-spinlock-cleanup.patch
have-x86-use-add_active_range-and-free_area_init_nodes.patch
vm-add-per-zone-writeout-counter.patch
slab-fix-kmalloc_node-applying-memory-policies-if-nodeid-==-numa_node_id.patch
gfp_thisnode-for-the-slab-allocator-v2.patch
do_no_pfn.patch
nommu-set-bdi-capabilities-for-dev-mem-and-dev-kmem.patch
nommu-move-the-fallback-arch_vma_name-to-a-sensible-place.patch
inode-diet-eliminate-i_blksize-and-use-a-per-superblock-default.patch
x86-microcode-microcode-driver-cleanup.patch
x86-microcode-add-sysfs-and-hotplug-support.patch
eisa-bus-modalias-attributes-support-1.patch
alloc_fdtable-cleanup.patch
sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl.patch
sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl-fix.patch
add-probe_kernel_address.patch
x86-use-probe_kernel_address-in-handle_bug.patch
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