[PATCH 3/4 v4] kernel/sysctl.c: threads-max observe limits

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

Users can change the maximum number of threads by writing to
/proc/sys/kernel/threads-max.

With the patch the value entered is checked according to the same
limits that apply when fork_init is called.

Furthermore the limits of the init process are adjusted.
This will not update limits of any other existing processes.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h |  3 +++
 kernel/fork.c          | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sysctl.c        |  6 ++----
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index b7361f8..795d5fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -212,4 +212,7 @@ static inline void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
+int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SYSCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4d68e1e..33b084e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -2024,3 +2025,26 @@ int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
 	task_unlock(task);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ctl_table t;
+	int ret;
+	int threads = max_threads;
+	int min = MIN_THREADS;
+	int max = MAX_THREADS;
+
+	t = *table;
+	t.data = &threads;
+	t.extra1 = &min;
+	t.extra2 = &max;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&t, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (ret || !write)
+		return ret;
+
+	set_max_threads(threads);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 137c7f6..2e195ae 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #endif
 
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 
 /* External variables not in a header file. */
-extern int max_threads;
 extern int suid_dumpable;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 extern int core_uses_pid;
@@ -709,10 +707,10 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 #endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "threads-max",
-		.data		= &max_threads,
+		.data		= NULL,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_max_threads,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "random",
-- 
2.1.4

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