Re: [GIT PULL] sysctl fixes for v7.3-rc6

[Bradley Morgan]

On 1 October 2026 12:38:46 BST, Joel Granados <joel.granados@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Linus:
>
>Missed this in the tag: tested with sysctl selftests on x86_64 as well
>as linux-next (for a week).

Also all tested on my PowerPC host, with the tests. :))))

>
>Best
>
>The following changes since commit
>72d3fcf802c45d00b300f25b848a93c3a2bd7c7e:
>
>  Linux 7.3-rc5 (2026-09-27 13:55:01 -0700)
>
>are available in the Git repository at:
>
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git tags/sysctl-7.03-fixes-rc6
>
>for you to fetch changes up to fdd6553e1e53b0421d89c7469c8a36d2eadb1115:
>
>  time/jiffies: Saturate in mult_hz() instead of wrapping (2026-09-29 10:00:40 +0200)
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>Summary
>
>* Fix sysctl jiffies conversions errors introduced in 2dc164a48e6f
>("sysctl:
>  Create converter functions with two new macros")
>
>  - Ensure that mult_hz does *not* wrap
>  - Ensure we pass just the magnitude for the negative branch in
>    proc_int_k2u_conv_kop
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>Zhan Xusheng (2):
>      sysctl: Negate before converting in the int read path
>      time/jiffies: Saturate in mult_hz() instead of wrapping
>
> kernel/sysctl.c       | 2 +-
> kernel/time/jiffies.c | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>

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