The patch titled
sysctl_check: drop table->procname checks
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sysctl_check-drop-table-procname-checks.patch
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Subject: sysctl_check: drop table->procname checks
From: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Since the for loop checks for the table->procname drop useless
table->procname checks inside the loop body
Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl_check.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/sysctl_check.c~sysctl_check-drop-table-procname-checks kernel/sysctl_check.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl_check.c~sysctl_check-drop-table-procname-checks
+++ a/kernel/sysctl_check.c
@@ -111,11 +111,9 @@ int sysctl_check_table(struct nsproxy *n
const char *fail = NULL;
if (table->parent) {
- if (table->procname && !table->parent->procname)
+ if (!table->parent->procname)
set_fail(&fail, table, "Parent without procname");
}
- if (!table->procname)
- set_fail(&fail, table, "No procname");
if (table->child) {
if (table->data)
set_fail(&fail, table, "Directory with data?");
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ int sysctl_check_table(struct nsproxy *n
set_fail(&fail, table, "No maxlen");
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
- if (table->procname && !table->proc_handler)
+ if (!table->proc_handler)
set_fail(&fail, table, "No proc_handler");
#endif
#if 0
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dkirjanov@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
sysctl_check-drop-table-procname-checks.patch
sysctl_check-drop-dead-code.patch
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