The patch titled
sysctl: fix false positives when PROC_SYSCTL=n
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sysctl-fix-false-positives-when-proc_sysctl=n.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: sysctl: fix false positives when PROC_SYSCTL=n
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Having ->procname but not ->proc_handler is valid when PROC_SYSCTL=n,
people use such combination to reduce ifdefs with non-standard handlers.
Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14408
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff -puN kernel/sysctl_check.c~sysctl-fix-false-positives-when-proc_sysctl=n kernel/sysctl_check.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl_check.c~sysctl-fix-false-positives-when-proc_sysctl=n
+++ a/kernel/sysctl_check.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ int sysctl_check_table(struct nsproxy *n
if (!table->ctl_name && table->strategy)
set_fail(&fail, table, "Strategy without ctl_name");
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
if (table->procname && !table->proc_handler)
set_fail(&fail, table, "No proc_handler");
#endif
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
genirq-switch-proc-irq-spurious-to-seq_file.patch
proc-fix-stack_start-in-compat-mode.patch
uml-irq-register-race-condition.patch
const-constify-remaining-pipe_buf_operations.patch
reiserfs-remove-proc-fs-reiserfs-version.patch
reiserfs-dont-compile-procfso-at-all-if-no-support.patch
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