Instead of relying on sysct_head_next(NULL) to magically
return the right header for the root directory instead
explicitly transform NULL into the root directories header.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
static struct ctl_table_header *grab_header(struct inode *inode)
{
- if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
- return sysctl_head_grab(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
- else
- return sysctl_head_next(NULL);
+ struct ctl_table_header *head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
+ if (!head)
+ head = &root_table_header;
+ return sysctl_head_grab(head);
}
static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,