The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.19.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 98ca62ba9e2be5863c7d069f84f7166b45a5b2f4 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2024072929-ocelot-buccaneer-e755@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.19.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: 98ca62ba9e2b ("sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid") 520713a93d55 ("sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table)") f9436a5d0497 ("sysctl: allow to change limits for posix messages queues") 50ec499b9a43 ("sysctl: allow change system v ipc sysctls inside ipc namespace") 0889f44e2810 ("ipc: Check permissions for checkpoint_restart sysctls at open time") 1f5c135ee509 ("ipc: Store ipc sysctls in the ipc namespace") dc55e35f9e81 ("ipc: Store mqueue sysctls in the ipc namespace") 0e9beb8a96f2 ("ipc/ipc_sysctl.c: remove fallback for !CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL") 5563cabdde7e ("ipc: check checkpoint_restore_ns_capable() to modify C/R proc files") 32927393dc1c ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler") 2374c09b1c8a ("sysctl: remove all extern declaration from sysctl.c") 26363af56434 ("mm: remove watermark_boost_factor_sysctl_handler") 6923aa0d8c62 ("mm/compaction: Disable compact_unevictable_allowed on RT") 964b692daf30 ("mm/compaction: really limit compact_unevictable_allowed to 0 and 1") eaee41727e6d ("sysctl/sysrq: Remove __sysrq_enabled copy") 0a6cad5df541 ("Merge branch 'vmwgfx-coherent' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~thomash/linux into drm-next") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------