ipv4: make tcp_notsent_lowat sysctl knob behave as true unsigned int
authorPavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>
Mon, 9 Jan 2017 07:45:49 +0000 (10:45 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:49:35 +0000 (08:49 -0700)
commitee96797b78cacf08b0d3d5ca72f725bd4e371c20
tree8fb07058108f0e55b589f8856f4ea110883c3409
parent0bbbbaef6aa0df22c4bafd6db231b173697483ee
ipv4: make tcp_notsent_lowat sysctl knob behave as true unsigned int

[ Upstream commit b007f09072ca8afa118ade333e717ba443e8d807 ]

> cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat
-1
> echo 4294967295 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> echo -2147483648 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat
> cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat
-2147483648

but in documentation we have "tcp_notsent_lowat - UNSIGNED INTEGER"

v2: simplify to just proc_douintvec
Signed-off-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c