Re: [PATCH][1/5] Introduce proc_domode

[Rene Scharfe]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > +#define MAXMODE		07777
>
>
> I think this should be 0777. SUID, SGID and sticky bit do not belong
> into /proc.

It's not /proc specific, the function proc_domode can be used for all
kinds of sysctls.  It enforces a maximum mode, specified in the ->extra1
member of a sysctl table entry.  In patches 2 and 5 you can see this
value is 0444 for all five new sysctls.

Rene
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