This patch allows /proc/sys/kernel/real_root_dev to be read and written on
big-endian (not JUST little-endian) machines. I need this so my installer
and booter in TurboLinux/PPC will work. Please consider it!!
Patch (and long justification) are also at http://pht.com/~brad/patches/
brad
--- kernel/sysctl.c.orig Mon Jan 4 20:02:02 1999
+++ kernel/sysctl.c Tue Jan 5 07:42:28 1999
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
{KERN_PANIC, "panic", &panic_timeout, sizeof(int),
0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- {KERN_REALROOTDEV, "real-root-dev", &real_root_dev, sizeof(int),
+ {KERN_REALROOTDEV, "real-root-dev", &real_root_dev, sizeof(real_root_dev),
0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA
@@ -688,10 +688,11 @@
}
i = (int *) table->data;
- vleft = table->maxlen / sizeof(int);
+ vleft = table->maxlen;
left = *lenp;
- for (; left && vleft--; i++, first=0) {
+ for (; left && vleft > 0; i++, first=0) {
+ vleft -= sizeof(int);
if (write) {
while (left) {
char c;
@@ -726,12 +727,18 @@
val = -val;
buffer += len;
left -= len;
- *i = val;
+ if(vleft >= 0)
+ *i = val;
+ else
+ *((unsigned short *)i) = val;
} else {
p = buf;
if (!first)
*p++ = '\t';
- sprintf(p, "%d", (*i) / conv);
+ if(vleft >= 0)
+ sprintf(p, "%d", (*i) / conv);
+ else
+ sprintf(p, "%hd", (*((unsigned short *)i)) / (unsigned short)conv);
len = strlen(buf);
if (len > left)
len = left;
-
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