Re: [PATCH 4/9] sysctl: move maxolduid as a sysctl specific const

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Mon Dec 20 2021 - 14:26:10 EST


On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 05:15:01PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > index 7dec3d5a9ed4..675b625fa898 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
> > static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
> > /* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
> > -const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX };
> > +const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 65535, INT_MAX };
>
> The new SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID uses the index 10 of sysctl_vals[] but the same
> commit replaces index 8 (SYSCTL_THREE_THOUSAND used by
> vm.watermark_scale_factor) instead of adding a new entry.
>
> It should be:
> +const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX,
> 65535 };

Can you send a proper patch which properly fixes this and identifies
the commit name with a Fixes tag. Since thi sis on Andrew's tree no
commit ID is required given that they are ephemeral.

Luis