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hujunwei <hujunwei4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[ trimmed CC list ]
> The ipvs module parse the user buffer and save it to sysctl,
> then check if the value is valid. invalid value occurs
> over a period of time.
> Here, I add a variable, struct ctl_table tmp, used to read
> the value from the user buffer, and save only when it is valid.
Does this cause any problems? If so, what are those?
> Fixes: f73181c8288f ("ipvs: add support for sync threads")
> Signed-off-by: Junwei Hu <hujunwei4@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> index 741d91aa4a8d..e78fd05f108b 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> @@ -1680,12 +1680,18 @@ proc_do_defense_mode(struct ctl_table *table, int
> write,
> int val = *valp;
> int rc;
>
> - rc = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + struct ctl_table tmp = {
> + .data = &val,
> + .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> + .mode = table->mode,
> + };
> +
> + rc = proc_dointvec(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
Wouldn't it be better do use proc_dointvec_minmax and set the
constraints via .extra1,2 in the sysctl knob definition?
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