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 8dbaec0e4f7f079b87f50ea67c82341304387783..1aea594a54dbdac604ca950fdaf93508e5b6e6a7 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;