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Amerigo Wang 00b7c3395a sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code 
(Based on Octavian's work, and I modified a lot.)

As we are about to add another integer handling proc function a little
bit of cleanup is in order: add a few helper functions to improve code
readability and decrease code duplication.

In the process a bug is also fixed: if the user specifies a number
with more then 20 digits it will be interpreted as two integers
(e.g. 10000...13 will be interpreted as 100.... and 13).

Behavior for EFAULT handling was changed as well. Previous to this
patch, when an EFAULT error occurred in the middle of a write
operation, although some of the elements were set, that was not
acknowledged to the user (by shorting the write and returning the
number of bytes accepted). EFAULT is now treated just like any other
errors by acknowledging the amount of bytes accepted.

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15 23:28:38 -07:00
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gcov
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-04-06 13:03:22 -07:00
power PM / Hibernate: user.c, fix SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA handling 2010-04-10 22:28:56 +02:00
time include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace Merge branch 'master' into export-slabh 2010-04-05 11:37:28 +09:00
.gitignore
acct.c bsdacct: use del_timer_sync() in acct_exit_ns() 2010-05-11 17:33:42 -07:00
async.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit_tree.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit_watch.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
auditsc.c audit: preface audit printk with audit 2010-04-05 13:19:45 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget 2009-12-10 09:42:48 +11:00
cgroup_freezer.c rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat on freezer_fork path 2010-04-30 12:03:17 +02:00
cgroup.c memcg: fix css_is_ancestor() RCU locking 2010-05-11 17:33:42 -07:00
compat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
configs.c
cpu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
cpuset.c cpuset: alloc nodemask_t on the heap rather than the stack 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
cred-internals.h
cred.c CRED: Fix a race in creds_are_invalid() in credentials debugging 2010-04-22 09:14:29 +10:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
early_res.c x86: Do not free zero sized per cpu areas 2010-03-29 18:55:40 +02:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c mm: avoid null-pointer deref in sync_mm_rss() 2010-04-07 08:38:02 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c revert "procfs: provide stack information for threads" and its fixup commits 2010-05-11 17:33:41 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU 2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: Handle futex value corruption gracefully 2010-02-03 15:13:22 +01:00
groups.c
hrtimer.c hrtimers: Convert to raw_spinlocks 2009-12-14 23:55:34 +01:00
hung_task.c softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl 2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/urgent 2010-03-04 11:47:52 +01:00
itimer.c itimers: Fix racy writes to cpu_itimer fields 2009-11-18 16:32:12 +01:00
kallsyms.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: fix OOPS in crash_kernel_shrink 2010-05-11 17:33:42 -07:00
kfifo.c kfifo: Don't use integer as NULL pointer 2010-02-16 15:11:08 -08:00
kgdb.c kgdb: Turn off tracing while in the debugger 2010-04-02 14:58:19 -05:00
kmod.c kmod: fix resource leak in call_usermodehelper_pipe() 2010-01-11 09:34:04 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Calculate the index correctly when freeing the out-of-line execution slot 2010-03-11 14:06:16 +01:00
ksysfs.c Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
kthread.c cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c Merge branch 'slabh' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc 2010-04-05 09:39:11 -07:00
Makefile elf coredump: replace ELF_CORE_EXTRA_* macros by functions 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
module.c Fix up possibly racy module refcounting 2010-04-05 19:50:02 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
panic.c panic: fix panic_timeout accuracy when running on a hypervisor 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
params.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00
perf_event.c perf: Fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open() 2010-05-01 13:11:25 +02:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pid.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-26 15:10:38 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers.c: Don't export local functions 2010-02-05 14:54:10 +01:00
printk.c printk: avoid warning when CONFIG_PRINTK is disabled 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c ptrace: Fix ptrace_regset() comments and diagnose errors specifically 2010-02-23 13:45:26 -08:00
range.c x86: Change range end to start+size 2010-02-10 17:47:17 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: create rcu_my_thread_group_empty() wrapper 2010-05-06 09:28:41 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Eliminate unneeded function wrapping 2009-11-22 18:58:16 +01:00
rcutorture.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2010-03-03 07:34:18 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Fix holdoff for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-28 09:17:42 +01:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Stop overflowing signed integers 2010-02-25 10:34:57 +01:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix accelerated grace periods for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-27 09:53:52 +01:00
rcutree.h rcu: Increase RCU CPU stall timeouts if PROVE_RCU 2010-03-11 13:38:01 +01:00
relay.c splice: comparing unsigned int < 0 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resources: add interfaces that return conflict information 2010-03-23 13:33:50 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched: Fix cpu_clock() in NMIs, on !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK 2009-12-15 09:04:36 +01:00
sched_cpupri.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: Convert cpupri lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_debug.c sched: Fix an RCU warning in print_task() 2010-05-04 09:25:01 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched, rcu: Fix rcu_dereference() for RCU-lockdep 2010-03-01 09:29:58 +01:00
sched_features.h sched: Discard some old bits 2009-12-09 10:03:07 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Remove the sched_class load_balance methods 2010-01-21 13:40:09 +01:00
sched_rt.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:46:18 -08:00
sched_stats.h
sched.c rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat in set_task_cpu on fork path 2010-04-30 12:03:17 +02:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c kernel core: use helpers for rlimits 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
slow-work-debugfs.c SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs 2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
slow-work.c slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref 2010-03-29 09:13:30 -07:00
slow-work.h SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG 2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00
smp.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
softirq.c hrtimer, softirq: Fix hrtimer->softirq trampoline 2010-02-03 18:17:40 +01:00
softlockup.c softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow 2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems 2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
sys_ni.c Add generic sys_ipc wrapper 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: fix compat uname machine 2010-04-24 11:31:24 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c ipv4: remove ip_rt_secret timer (v4) 2010-05-08 01:57:52 -07:00
sysctl_check.c ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses 2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code 2010-05-15 23:28:38 -07:00
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu 2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c sched: Remove USER_SCHED 2010-01-21 13:40:18 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic 2009-11-12 02:04:55 -08:00
utsname.c
wait.c
workqueue.c workqueue: flush_delayed_work: keep the original workqueue for re-queueing 2010-04-30 07:24:51 +02:00