Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] sysctl: range checking indo_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jul 26 2013 - 17:23:09 EST


From: Francesco Fusco <ffusco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:39:07 +0200

> When (integer) sysctl values are expressed in ms and have to be
> represented internally as jiffies. The msecs_to_jiffies function
> returns an unsigned long, which gets assigned to the integer.
> This patch prevents the value to be assigned if bigger than
> INT_MAX, done in a similar way as in cba9f3 ("Range checking in
> do_proc_dointvec_(userhz_)jiffies_conv").
>
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Fusco <ffusco@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied with the changes suggested by Sergei.
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