Re: [PATCH 0/6] sysctl: add pending proc_do_large_bitmap fix

[Eric Sandeen]

On 3/21/19 12:13 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 3/20/19 5:28 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>> Andrew, Kees,
>>
>> Eric sent a fix out for proc_do_large_bitmap() last month for when
>> using a large input buffer. After patch review a test case for the issue
>> was built and submitted. I noticed there were a few issues with the
>> tests, but instead of just asking Eric to address them I've taken
>> care of them and ammended the commit where necessary. There's a
>> few issues he reported which I also address and fix in this series.
>>
>> Since we *do* expect users of these scripts to also use them on older
>> kernels, I've also addressed not breaking calling the script for them,
>> and gives us an easy way to easily extend our tests cases for future
>> kernels as well.
>>
>> Before anyone considers these for stable as minor fixes, I'd recommend
>> we also address the discrepancy on the read side of things: modify the
>> test script to use diff against the target file instead of using the
>> temp file.
>>
>> Eric Sandeen (2):
>>   test_sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap() test case
>>   sysctl: Fix proc_do_large_bitmap for large input buffers
> 
> Isn't this missing:
> 
> [PATCH] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap test node

Oh, I see, you rolled it into the test patch.  that wasn't clear...