sysctl: fix proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:20:55 +0000 (18:20 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:21:24 +0000 (09:21 -0800)
We perform the conversion between kernel jiffies and ms only when
exporting kernel value to user space.

We need to do the opposite operation when value is written by user.

Only matters when HZ != 1000

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/sysctl.c

index 8dbaec0..1aea594 100644 (file)
@@ -2475,6 +2475,7 @@ static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table, int
                                break;
                        if (neg)
                                continue;
+                       val = convmul * val / convdiv;
                        if ((min && val < *min) || (max && val > *max))
                                continue;
                        *i = val;