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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 4dfba1a76cc3..02725178694a 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -174,11 +174,32 @@ extern int no_unaligned_warning; #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL -#define SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY -1 -#define SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN 0 -#define SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT 1 +/** + * enum sysctl_writes_mode - supported sysctl write modes + * + * @SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY: each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value + * to be written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor + * will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position. No warning + * is issued when the initial position is not 0. + * @SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN: same as above but warn when the initial file position is + * not 0. + * @SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT: writes to numeric sysctl entries must always be at + * file position 0 and the value must be fully contained in the buffer + * sent to the write syscall. If dealing with strings respect the file + * position, but restrict this to the max length of the buffer, anything + * passed the max lenght will be ignored. Multiple writes will append + * to the buffer. + * + * These write modes control how current file position affects the behavior of + * updating sysctl values through the proc interface on each write. + */ +enum sysctl_writes_mode { + SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY = -1, + SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN = 0, + SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT = 1, +}; -static int sysctl_writes_strict = SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT; +static enum sysctl_writes_mode sysctl_writes_strict = SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT; static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos); |