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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sysctl.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h index 1b24bd45e080..c184732a70fc 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies; /* * Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table * with an initialised array of ctl_table's. An entry with zero - * ctl_name terminates the table. table->de will be set up by the - * registration and need not be initialised in advance. + * ctl_name and NULL procname terminates the table. table->de will be + * set up by the registration and need not be initialised in advance. * * sysctl names can be mirrored automatically under /proc/sys. The * procname supplied controls /proc naming. @@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies; * Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file * under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. A * null procname disables /proc mirroring at this node. - * + * + * sysctl entries with a zero ctl_name will not be available through + * the binary sysctl interface. + * * sysctl(2) can automatically manage read and write requests through * the sysctl table. The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table * struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 0c8e805bbd6f..09e569f4792b 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1315,7 +1315,9 @@ repeat: return -ENOTDIR; if (get_user(n, name)) return -EFAULT; - for ( ; table->ctl_name; table++) { + for ( ; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) { + if (!table->ctl_name) + continue; if (n == table->ctl_name || table->ctl_name == CTL_ANY) { int error; if (table->child) { @@ -1532,7 +1534,7 @@ static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root, int len; mode_t mode; - for (; table->ctl_name; table++) { + for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) { /* Can't do anything without a proc name. */ if (!table->procname) continue; @@ -1579,7 +1581,7 @@ static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root, static void unregister_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root) { struct proc_dir_entry *de; - for (; table->ctl_name; table++) { + for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) { if (!(de = table->de)) continue; if (de->mode & S_IFDIR) { |