Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] sysctl: Add flags to support min/max range clamping

[Waiman Long]

On 03/29/2018 02:15 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:39:19AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 03/16/2018 09:10 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 02:13:42PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>> When the CTL_FLAGS_CLAMP_RANGE flag is set in the ctl_table
>>>> entry, any update from the userspace will be clamped to the given
>>>> range without error if either the proc_dointvec_minmax() or the
>>>> proc_douintvec_minmax() handlers is used.
>>> I don't get it.  Why define a generic range flag when we can be mores specific and
>>> you do that in your next patch. What's the point of this flag then?
>>>
>>>   Luis
>> I was thinking about using the signed/unsigned bits as just annotations
>> for ranges for future extension. For the purpose of this patchset alone,
>> I can merge the three bits into just two.
> Only introduce flags which you will actually use in the same patch series.
>
>   Luis

Yes, will do. Since the merge window is coming, should I wait until it
is over to send out the new patch?

Cheers,
Longman