Re: [PATCH] proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check

[Alexey Dobriyan]

> -static long zero;
>  static long long_max = LONG_MAX;
> 
>  struct ctl_table epoll_table[] = {
> @@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ struct ctl_table epoll_table[] = {
>                 .maxlen         = sizeof(max_user_watches),
>                 .mode           = 0644,
>                 .proc_handler   = proc_doulongvec_minmax,
> -               .extra1         = &zero,
> +               .extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
>                 .extra2         = &long_max,

This looks wrong: proc_doulongvec_minmax() expects "long"s.
The whole patch needs rechecking.

> +/* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
> +const =======>int<========== sysctl_vals[] = { 0, 1, INT_MAX };
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);