[PATCH] sanitize proc_sysctl
* keep references to ctl_table_head and ctl_table in /proc/sys inodes
* grab the former during operations, use the latter for access to
entry if that succeeds
* have ->d_compare() check if table should be seen for one who does lookup;
that allows us to avoid flipping inodes - if we have the same name resolve
to different things, we'll just keep several dentries and ->d_compare()
will reject the wrong ones.
* have ->lookup() and ->readdir() scan the table of our inode first, then
walk all ctl_table_header and scan ->attached_by for those that are
attached to our directory.
* implement ->getattr().
* get rid of insane amounts of tree-walking
* get rid of the need to know dentry in ->permission() and of the contortions
induced by that.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c9a0af8..ff5abcc 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1932,6 +1932,21 @@
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
}
+int sysctl_is_seen(struct ctl_table_header *p)
+{
+ struct ctl_table_set *set = p->set;
+ int res;
+ spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ if (p->unregistering)
+ res = 0;
+ else if (!set->is_seen)
+ res = 1;
+ else
+ res = set->is_seen(set);
+ spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+ return res;
+}
+
void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
struct ctl_table_set *parent,
int (*is_seen)(struct ctl_table_set *))