Re: [BUG] timer_migration interface accepts any number as input in2.6.30-git9

From: poornima nayak
Date: Mon Jun 22 2009 - 07:22:23 EST


Hi Arun,

Patch given by you fixes the reported bug.

Regds
Poornima
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 15:51 +0530, Arun R Bharadwaj wrote:
> * poornima nayak <mpnayak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-06-17 14:42:16]:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Timer migration interface /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration in
> > 2.6.30-git9 accepts any numerical value as input.
> > Steps to reproduce
> > 1. echo -6666666 > /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration
> > 2. cat /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration
> > -6666666
> >
> > 1. echo 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 > /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration
> > 2. cat /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration
> > -1357789412
> >
> > Expected behavior: Should 'echo: write error: Invalid argument' while
> > setting any value other then 0 & 1
> >
> > Regards
> > Poornima
> >
>
> Hi Poornima,
>
> Thanks for reporting the bug.
> Hope this patch removes the bug.
> The patch is based against the latest -tip/master.
>
> --arun
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sysctl.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux.trees.git/kernel/sysctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.trees.git.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ linux.trees.git/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
> .data = &sysctl_timer_migration,
> .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
> .mode = 0644,
> - .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
> + .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
> + .strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
> + .extra1 = &zero,
> + .extra2 = &one,
> },
> #endif
> {
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