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2008-07-27lost sysctl fixAl Viro
try_attach() should walk into the matching subdirectory, not the first one... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Tested-by: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: mlx4: Update/add Mellanox Technologies copyright lines to mlx4 driver files mlx4_core: Add VLAN tag field to WQE control segment struct RDMA/nes: CM connection setup/teardown rework IPoIB: Correct help text for INFINIBAND_IPOIB_DEBUG IPoIB/cm: Connected mode is no longer EXPERIMENTAL RDMA/ucm: BKL is not needed for ib_ucm_open() RDMA/ucma: BKL is not needed for ucma_open()
2008-07-26fix for a memory leak in an error case introduced by fix for double freeOliver Neukum
The fix NULLed a pointer without freeing it. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Reported-by: Juha Motorsportcom <juha_motorsportcom@luukku.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (57 commits) [MTD] [NAND] subpage read feature as a way to increase performance. CPUFREQ: S3C24XX NAND driver frequency scaling support. [MTD][NAND] au1550nd: remove unused variable [MTD] jedec_probe: Fix SST 16-bit chip detection [MTD][MTDPART] Fix a division by zero bug [MTD][MTDPART] Cleanup and document the erase region handling [MTD][MTDPART] Handle most checkpatch findings [MTD][MTDPART] Seperate main loop from per-partition code in add_mtd_partition [MTD] physmap: resume already suspended chips on failure to suspend [MTD] physmap: Fix suspend/resume/shutdown bugs. [MTD] [NOR] Fix -ETIMEO errors in CFI driver [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix section mismatch with CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS=y [JFFS2] Use .unlocked_ioctl [MTD] Fix const assignment in the MTD command line partitioning driver [MTD] [NOR] gen_probe: No debug message when debugging is disabled [MTD] [NAND] remove __PPC__ hardcoded address from DiskOnChip drivers [MTD] [MAPS] Remove the bast-flash driver. [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: ecclayout cleanups [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: implement support for flash-based BBT [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix OOB workability for large page NAND chips ...
2008-07-26Merge branch 'tracehook' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace * 'tracehook' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace: tracehook: comment fixes
2008-07-26m68k: gs: use tty_port fixesGeert Uytterhoeven
commit b5391e29f428d11755ca2c91074c6db6f5c69d7c ("gs: use tty_port") forgot to update the m68k gs serial drivers. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: atmel-mci: debugfs support mmc: Add per-card debugfs support mmc: Export internal host state through debugfs imxmmc: fix crash when no platform data is provided imxmmc: fix platform resources imxmmc: remove DEBUG definition mmc_spi: put signals to low power off fix
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (39 commits) [PATCH] fix RLIM_NOFILE handling [PATCH] get rid of corner case in dup3() entirely [PATCH] remove remaining namei_{32,64}.h crap [PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.h [PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_open [PATCH] f_count may wrap around [PATCH] dup3 fix [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() [PATCH] new (local) helper: user_path_parent() [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. [PATCH] preparation to __user_walk_fd cleanup [PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission() [PATCH] take noexec checks to very few callers that care Re: [PATCH 3/6] vfs: open_exec cleanup [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup [patch 3/4] fat: dont call notify_change [patch 2/4] vfs: utimes cleanup [patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok() [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocation ...
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6: Add layer1 over IP support Add mISDN HFC multiport driver Add mISDN HFC PCI driver Add mISDN DSP Add mISDN core files Define AF_ISDN and PF_ISDN Add mISDN driver
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: netns: fix ip_rt_frag_needed rt_is_expired netfilter: nf_conntrack_extend: avoid unnecessary "ct->ext" dereferences netfilter: fix double-free and use-after free netfilter: arptables in netns for real netfilter: ip{,6}tables_security: fix future section mismatch selinux: use nf_register_hooks() netfilter: ebtables: use nf_register_hooks() Revert "pkt_sched: sch_sfq: dump a real number of flows" qeth: use dev->ml_priv instead of dev->priv syncookies: Make sure ECN is disabled net: drop unused BUG_TRAP() net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON drivers/net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON
2008-07-26firmware: fix memmap printk format warningsRandy Dunlap
Fix firmware/memmap printk format warnings: drivers/firmware/memmap.c:156: warning: format '%llx' expects type 'long long unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'resource_size_t' drivers/firmware/memmap.c:161: warning: format '%llx' expects type 'long long unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'resource_size_t' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26mm/util.c must #include <linux/sched.h>Adrian Bunk
mm/util.c: In function 'arch_pick_mmap_layout': mm/util.c:144: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type mm/util.c:145: error: 'arch_get_unmapped_area' undeclared (first use in this function) mm/util.c:145: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once mm/util.c:145: error: for each function it appears in.) mm/util.c:146: error: 'arch_unmap_area' undeclared (first use in this function) Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26hugetlb: remove unused variable warningAndrea Righi
Remove the following warning when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set: ipc/shm.c: In function `shm_get_stat': ipc/shm.c:565: warning: unused variable `h' [akpm@linux-foundation.org: use tabs, not spaces] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26task IO accounting: correctly account threads IO statisticsAndrea Righi
Oleg Nesterov points out that we should check that the task is still alive before we iterate over the threads. This patch includes a fixup for this. Also simplify do_io_accounting() implementation. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26gpiolib: fix typo in commentMichael Buesch
This fixes an off-by-one error in a comment. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26[PATCH] fix RLIM_NOFILE handlingAl Viro
* dup2() should return -EBADF on exceeded sysctl_nr_open * dup() should *not* return -EINVAL even if you have rlimit set to 0; it should get -EMFILE instead. Check for orig_start exceeding rlimit taken to sys_fcntl(). Failing expand_files() in dup{2,3}() now gets -EMFILE remapped to -EBADF. Consequently, remaining checks for rlimit are taken to expand_files(). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of corner case in dup3() entirelyAl Viro
Since Ulrich is OK with getting rid of dup3(fd, fd, flags) completely, to hell the damn thing goes. Corner case for dup2() is handled in sys_dup2() (complete with -EBADF if dup2(fd, fd) is called with fd that is not open), the rest is done in dup3(). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] remove remaining namei_{32,64}.h crapAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.hAl Viro
fs.h needs path.h, not namei.h; nfs_fs.h doesn't need it at all. Several places in the tree needed direct include. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_openAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] f_count may wrap aroundAl Viro
make it atomic_long_t; while we are at it, get rid of useless checks in affs, hfs and hpfs - ->open() always has it equal to 1, ->release() - to 0. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] dup3 fixUlrich Drepper
Al Viro notice one cornercase that the new dup3() code. The dup2() function, as a special case, handles dup-ing to the same file descriptor. In this case the current dup3() code does nothing at all. I.e., it ingnores the flags parameter. This shouldn't happen, the close-on-exec flag should be set if requested. In case the O_CLOEXEC bit in the flags parameter is not set the dup3() function should behave in this respect identical to dup2(). This means dup3(fd, fd, 0) should not actively reset the c-o-e flag. The patch below implements this minor change. [AV: credits to Artur Grabowski for bringing that up as potential subtle point in dup2() behaviour] Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] new (local) helper: user_path_parent()Al Viro
Preparation to untangling intents mess: reduce the number of do_path_lookup() callers. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al.Al Viro
* do not pass nameidata; struct path is all the callers want. * switch to new helpers: user_path_at(dfd, pathname, flags, &path) user_path(pathname, &path) user_lpath(pathname, &path) user_path_dir(pathname, &path) (fail if not a directory) The last 3 are trivial macro wrappers for the first one. * remove nameidata in callers. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] preparation to __user_walk_fd cleanupAl Viro
Almost all users __user_walk_fd() and friends care only about struct path. Get rid of the few that do not. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission()Al Viro
Incidentally, the name that gives hundreds of false positives on grep is not a good idea... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] take noexec checks to very few callers that careAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26Re: [PATCH 3/6] vfs: open_exec cleanupChristoph Hellwig
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:01:49AM +0200, Marcin Slusarz wrote: > open_exec is needlessly indented, calls ERR_PTR with 0 argument > (which is not valid errno) and jumps into middle of function > just to return value. > So clean it up a bit. Still looks rather messy. See below for a better version. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanupMiklos Szeredi
Move the immutable and append-only checks from chmod, chown and utimes into notify_change(). Checks for immutable and append-only files are always performed by the VFS and not by the filesystem (see permission() and may_...() in namei.c), so these belong in notify_change(), and not in inode_change_ok(). This should be completely equivalent. CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 3/4] fat: dont call notify_changeMiklos Szeredi
The FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES ioctl() calls notify_change() to change the file mode before changing the inode attributes. Replace with explicit calls to security_inode_setattr(), fat_setattr() and fsnotify_change(). This is equivalent to the original. The reason it is needed, is that later in the series we move the immutable check into notify_change(). That would break the FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES ioctl, as it needs to perform the mode change regardless of the immutability of the file. [Fix error if fat is built as a module. Thanks to OGAWA Hirofumi for noticing.] Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 2/4] vfs: utimes cleanupMiklos Szeredi
Untange the mess that is do_utimes(). Add kerneldoc comment to do_utimes(). CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok()Miklos Szeredi
Add a new ia_valid flag: ATTR_TIMES_SET, to handle the UTIMES_OMIT/UTIMES_NOW and UTIMES_NOW/UTIMES_OMIT cases. In these cases neither ATTR_MTIME_SET nor ATTR_ATIME_SET is in the flags, yet the POSIX draft specifies that permission checking is performed the same way as if one or both of the times was explicitly set to a timestamp. See the path "vfs: utimensat(): fix error checking for {UTIME_NOW,UTIME_OMIT} case" by Michael Kerrisk for the patch introducing this behavior. This is a cleanup, as well as allowing filesystems (NFS/fuse/...) to perform their own permission checking instead of the default. CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocationLi Zefan
- use kstrdup() instead of kmalloc() + memcpy() - return NULL if allocating ->mnt_devname failed - mnt_devname should be const Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] more nameidata removal: exec_permission_lite() doesn't need itAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] pass MAY_OPEN to vfs_permission() explicitlyAl Viro
... and get rid of the last "let's deduce mask from nameidata->flags" bit. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS messAl Viro
* MAY_CHDIR is redundant - it's an equivalent of MAY_ACCESS * MAY_ACCESS on fuse should affect only the last step of pathname resolution * fchdir() and chroot() should pass MAY_ACCESS, for the same reason why chdir() needs that. * now that we pass MAY_ACCESS explicitly in all cases, LOOKUP_ACCESS can be removed; it has no business being in nameidata. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill altrootAl Viro
long overdue... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] permission checks for chdir need special treatment only on the last stepAl Viro
... so we ought to pass MAY_CHDIR to vfs_permission() instead of having it triggered on every step of preceding pathname resolution. LOOKUP_CHDIR is killed by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 5/5] vfs: remove mode parameter from vfs_symlink()Miklos Szeredi
Remove the unused mode parameter from vfs_symlink and callers. Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for noticing. CC: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[patch 4/5] vfs: reuse local variable in vfs_link()Tetsuo Handa
Why not reuse "inode" which is assigned as struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode; in the beginning of vfs_link() ? Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[patch 3/5] vfs: change remove_suid() to file_remove_suid()Miklos Szeredi
All calls to remove_suid() are made with a file pointer, because (similarly to file_update_time) it is called when the file is written. Clean up callers by passing in a file instead of a dentry. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[patch 1/5] vfs: truncate: dont check immutable twiceMiklos Szeredi
vfs_permission(MAY_WRITE) already checked for the inode being immutable, so no need to repeat it. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototypeAl Viro
* kill nameidata * argument; map the 3 bits in ->flags anybody cares about to new MAY_... ones and pass with the mask. * kill redundant gfs2_iop_permission() * sanitize ecryptfs_permission() * fix remaining places where ->permission() instances might barf on new MAY_... found in mask. The obvious next target in that direction is permission(9) folded fix for nfs_permission() breakage from Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 05/14] hpfs: dont call permission()Miklos Szeredi
hpfs_unlink() calls permission() prior to truncating the file. HPFS doesn't define a .permission method, so replace with explicit call to generic_permission(). This is equivalent, except that devcgroup_inode_permission() and security_inode_permission() are not called. The truncation is just an implementation detail of the unlink, so these security checks are unnecessary. I suspect that even calling generic_permission() is unnecessary, since we shouldn't mind if the file isn't writable. But I leave that to the maintainer to decide. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> CC: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize proc_sysctlAl Viro
* keep references to ctl_table_head and ctl_table in /proc/sys inodes * grab the former during operations, use the latter for access to entry if that succeeds * have ->d_compare() check if table should be seen for one who does lookup; that allows us to avoid flipping inodes - if we have the same name resolve to different things, we'll just keep several dentries and ->d_compare() will reject the wrong ones. * have ->lookup() and ->readdir() scan the table of our inode first, then walk all ctl_table_header and scan ->attached_by for those that are attached to our directory. * implement ->getattr(). * get rid of insane amounts of tree-walking * get rid of the need to know dentry in ->permission() and of the contortions induced by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sysctl: keep track of tree relationshipsAl Viro
In a sense, that's the heart of the series. It's based on the following property of the trees we are actually asked to add: they can be split into stem that is already covered by registered trees and crown that is entirely new. IOW, if a/b and a/c/d are introduced by our tree, then a/c is also introduced by it. That allows to associate tree and table entry with each node in the union; while directory nodes might be covered by many trees, only one will cover the node by its crown. And that will allow much saner logics for /proc/sys in the next patches. This patch introduces the data structures needed to keep track of that. When adding a sysctl table, we find a "parent" one. Which is to say, find the deepest node on its stem that already is present in one of the tables from our table set or its ancestor sets. That table will be our parent and that node in it - attachment point. Add our table to list anchored in parent, have it refer the parent and contents of attachment point. Also remember where its crown lives. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sysctl: make sure that /proc/sys/net/ipv4 appears before per-ns onesAl Viro
Massage ipv4 initialization - make sure that net.ipv4 appears as non-per-net-namespace before it shows up in per-net-namespace sysctls. That's the only change outside of sysctl.c needed to get sane ordering rules and data structures for sysctls (esp. for procfs side of that mess). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] allow delayed freeing of ctl_table_headerAl Viro
Refcount the sucker; instead of freeing it by the end of unregistration just drop the refcount and free only when it hits zero. Make sure that we _always_ make ->unregistering non-NULL in start_unregistering(). That allows anybody to get a reference to such puppy, preventing its freeing and reuse. It does *not* block unregistration. Anybody who holds such a reference can * try to grab a "use" reference (ctl_head_grab()); that will succeeds if and only if it hadn't entered unregistration yet. If it succeeds, we can use it in all normal ways until we release the "use" reference (with ctl_head_finish()). Note that this relies on having ->unregistering become non-NULL in all cases when one starts to unregister the sucker. * keep pointers to ctl_table entries; they *can* be freed if the entire thing is unregistered. However, if ctl_head_grab() succeeds, we know that unregistration had not happened (and will not happen until ctl_head_finish()) and such pointers can be used safely. IOW, now we can have inodes under /proc/sys keep references to ctl_table entries, protecting them with references to ctl_table_header and grabbing the latter for the duration of operations that require access to ctl_table. That won't cause deadlocks, since unregistration will not be stopped by mere keeping a reference to ctl_table_header. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>