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-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c37
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8ee4a0619fb..60d9357e717 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,9 @@ static void start_unregistering(struct ctl_table_header *p)
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
wait_for_completion(&wait);
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ } else {
+ /* anything non-NULL; we'll never dereference it */
+ p->unregistering = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
/*
* do not remove from the list until nobody holds it; walking the
@@ -1395,6 +1398,32 @@ static void start_unregistering(struct ctl_table_header *p)
list_del_init(&p->ctl_entry);
}
+void sysctl_head_get(struct ctl_table_header *head)
+{
+ spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ head->count++;
+ spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+}
+
+void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_header *head)
+{
+ spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ if (!--head->count)
+ kfree(head);
+ spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+}
+
+struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_head_grab(struct ctl_table_header *head)
+{
+ if (!head)
+ BUG();
+ spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ if (!use_table(head))
+ head = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+ return head;
+}
+
void sysctl_head_finish(struct ctl_table_header *head)
{
if (!head)
@@ -1771,6 +1800,7 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_paths(
header->unregistering = NULL;
header->root = root;
sysctl_set_parent(NULL, header->ctl_table);
+ header->count = 1;
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
if (sysctl_check_table(namespaces, header->ctl_table)) {
kfree(header);
@@ -1834,8 +1864,9 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
start_unregistering(header);
+ if (!--header->count)
+ kfree(header);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
- kfree(header);
}
void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
@@ -1869,6 +1900,10 @@ void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
{
}
+void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_header *head)
+{
+}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
/*