hujunwei <hujunwei4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [ trimmed CC list ] > The ipvs module parse the user buffer and save it to sysctl, > then check if the value is valid. invalid value occurs > over a period of time. > Here, I add a variable, struct ctl_table tmp, used to read > the value from the user buffer, and save only when it is valid. Does this cause any problems? If so, what are those? > Fixes: f73181c8288f ("ipvs: add support for sync threads") > Signed-off-by: Junwei Hu <hujunwei4@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > index 741d91aa4a8d..e78fd05f108b 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > @@ -1680,12 +1680,18 @@ proc_do_defense_mode(struct ctl_table *table, int write, > int val = *valp; > int rc; > > - rc = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); > + struct ctl_table tmp = { > + .data = &val, > + .maxlen = sizeof(int), > + .mode = table->mode, > + }; > + > + rc = proc_dointvec(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); Wouldn't it be better do use proc_dointvec_minmax and set the constraints via .extra1,2 in the sysctl knob definition?