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-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 42b7fc2860c1..2082b1a88fb9 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#endif
-
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
/* External variables not in a header file. */
-extern int max_threads;
extern int suid_dumpable;
#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
extern int core_uses_pid;
@@ -710,10 +708,10 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
#endif
{
.procname = "threads-max",
- .data = &max_threads,
+ .data = NULL,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
+ .proc_handler = sysctl_max_threads,
},
{
.procname = "random",
@@ -1983,7 +1981,15 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
int write, void *data)
{
if (write) {
- *valp = *negp ? -*lvalp : *lvalp;
+ if (*negp) {
+ if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX + 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ *valp = -*lvalp;
+ } else {
+ if (*lvalp > (unsigned long) INT_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ *valp = *lvalp;
+ }
} else {
int val = *valp;
if (val < 0) {