tree c6a351683151f272a488e0fc379653a1b259e64f
parent cc81717ed3bc6d4f3738d13a1e097437caada0e9
author Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1390521197 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1390523812 -0800

mm: prevent setting of a value less than 0 to min_free_kbytes

If echo -1 > /proc/vm/sys/min_free_kbytes, the system will hang.  Changing
proc_dointvec() to proc_dointvec_minmax() in the
min_free_kbytes_sysctl_handler() can prevent this to happen.

mhocko said:

: You can still do echo $BIG_VALUE > /proc/vm/sys/min_free_kbytes and make
: your machine unusable but I agree that proc_dointvec_minmax is more
: suitable here as we already have:
:
: 	.proc_handler   = min_free_kbytes_sysctl_handler,
: 	.extra1         = &zero,
:
: It used to work properly but then 6fce56ec91b5 ("sysctl: Remove references
: to ctl_name and strategy from the generic sysctl table") has removed
: sysctl_intvec strategy and so extra1 is ignored.

Signed-off-by: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>