[PATCH v9 1/4] ipc: IPCMNI limit check for msgmni and shmmni

[Waiman Long]

A user can write arbitrary integer values to msgmni and shmmni sysctl
parameters without getting error, but the actual limit is really
IPCMNI (32k). This can mislead users as they think they can get a
value that is not real.

The right limits are now set for msgmni and shmmni so that the users
will become aware if they set a value outside of the acceptable range.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
index 8ad93c2..f87cb29 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 static int zero;
 static int one = 1;
 static int int_max = INT_MAX;
+static int ipc_mni = IPCMNI;
 
 static struct ctl_table ipc_kern_table[] = {
 	{
@@ -120,7 +121,9 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.shm_ctlmni,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_ipc_ns.shm_ctlmni),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &ipc_mni,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "shm_rmid_forced",
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
-		.extra2		= &int_max,
+		.extra2		= &ipc_mni,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "auto_msgmni",
-- 
1.8.3.1