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)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 9 Jan 2017 21:34:38 +0000 (16:34 -0500)
> 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>
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c

index 22cbd61..b2fa498 100644 (file)
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
                .data           = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat,
                .maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
                .mode           = 0644,
-               .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+               .proc_handler   = proc_douintvec,
        },
        {
                .procname       = "tcp_tw_reuse",