Re: 2.6.24-rc1 sysctl table check failed on PowerMac
From: Mikael Pettersson
Date: Sat Oct 27 2007 - 15:38:18 EST
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:34:53 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:57:38PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > Booting 2.6.24-rc1 on my PowerMac the kernel now spits
> > out a sysctl warning early in the boot sequence:
> >
> > --- dmesg-2.6.23
> > +++ dmesg-2.6.24-rc1
> > ...
> > IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
> > TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
> > TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
> > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
> > TCP reno registered
> > +sysctl table check failed: /kernel .1 Writable sysctl directory
>
> [PATCH] powerpc: fix sysctl whining re kernel.powersave-nap
>
> kernel was marked with 0755. Everywhere else it's 0555.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static ctl_table powersave_nap_sysctl_root[] = {
> {
> .ctl_name = CTL_KERN,
> .procname = "kernel",
> - .mode = 0755,
> + .mode = 0555,
> .child = powersave_nap_ctl_table,
> },
> {}
>
This eliminated the warning. Thanks.
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