[PATCH] forgotten refcount on sysctl root table

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Sep 04 2008 - 12:06:16 EST


We should've set refcount on the root sysctl table; otherwise we'll
blow up the first time we get down to zero dynamically registered sysctl
tables.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index fe47133..50ec088 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *
static struct ctl_table root_table[];
static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
+ .count = 1,
.ctl_table = root_table,
.ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),
.root = &sysctl_table_root,
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