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-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c66
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 73c84b6e7a3..88c8ea8f5e8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,6 @@ int do_sysctl_strategy (struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
int op = 0, rc;
- size_t len;
if (oldval)
op |= 004;
@@ -1464,25 +1463,10 @@ int do_sysctl_strategy (struct ctl_table *table,
/* If there is no strategy routine, or if the strategy returns
* zero, proceed with automatic r/w */
if (table->data && table->maxlen) {
- if (oldval && oldlenp) {
- if (get_user(len, oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
- if (len) {
- if (len > table->maxlen)
- len = table->maxlen;
- if(copy_to_user(oldval, table->data, len))
- return -EFAULT;
- if(put_user(len, oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
- }
- }
- if (newval && newlen) {
- len = newlen;
- if (len > table->maxlen)
- len = table->maxlen;
- if(copy_from_user(table->data, newval, len))
- return -EFAULT;
- }
+ rc = sysctl_data(table, name, nlen, oldval, oldlenp,
+ newval, newlen);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ return rc;
}
return 0;
}
@@ -2381,6 +2365,40 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
* General sysctl support routines
*/
+/* The generic sysctl data routine (used if no strategy routine supplied) */
+int sysctl_data(struct ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
+ void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
+ void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
+{
+ size_t len;
+
+ /* Get out of I don't have a variable */
+ if (!table->data || !table->maxlen)
+ return -ENOTDIR;
+
+ if (oldval && oldlenp) {
+ if (get_user(len, oldlenp))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (len) {
+ if (len > table->maxlen)
+ len = table->maxlen;
+ if (copy_to_user(oldval, table->data, len))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (put_user(len, oldlenp))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (newval && newlen) {
+ if (newlen > table->maxlen)
+ newlen = table->maxlen;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(table->data, newval, newlen))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
/* The generic string strategy routine: */
int sysctl_string(struct ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
@@ -2569,6 +2587,13 @@ out:
return -ENOSYS;
}
+int sysctl_data(struct ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
+ void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
+ void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
int sysctl_string(struct ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
@@ -2616,4 +2641,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_intvec);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_ms_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_string);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_data);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_sysctl_table);