The patch titled
Subject: sysctl: make ngroups_max const
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const.patch
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From: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
Subject: sysctl: make ngroups_max const
ngroups_max is a read-only sysctl entry, reflecting NGROUPS_MAX. Make it
const, in the same way as cap_last_cap.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211123202347.818157-6-mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx>
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Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lukas Middendorf <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2
static int maxolduid = 65535;
static int minolduid;
-static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
+static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
#endif
{
.procname = "ngroups_max",
- .data = &ngroups_max,
+ .data = (void *)&ngroups_max,
.maxlen = sizeof (int),
.mode = 0444,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from steve@xxxxxxx are
sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const.patch
