[PATCH] sysctl: Fix duplicate path separator in printed entries

* [PATCH] sysctl: Fix duplicate path separator in printed entries
@ 2022-01-07 10:38 Geert Uytterhoeven
  2022-01-07 11:29 ` Christian Brauner
  2022-01-11 18:04 ` Luis Chamberlain
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2022-01-07 10:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis Chamberlain, Kees Cook, Iurii Zaikin
  Cc: linux-kernel, linux-fsdevel, Geert Uytterhoeven

sysctl_print_dir() always terminates the printed path name with a slash,
so printing a slash before the file part causes a duplicate like in

    sysctl duplicate entry: /kernel//perf_user_access

Fix this by dropping the extra slash.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 5d66faecd4ef06b8..4f6168ec5079fc8f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int insert_entry(struct ctl_table_header *head, struct ctl_table *entry)
 		else {
 			pr_err("sysctl duplicate entry: ");
 			sysctl_print_dir(head->parent);
-			pr_cont("/%s\n", entry->procname);
+			pr_cont("%s\n", entry->procname);
 			return -EEXIST;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1020,8 +1020,8 @@ static struct ctl_dir *get_subdir(struct ctl_dir *dir,
 	if (IS_ERR(subdir)) {
 		pr_err("sysctl could not get directory: ");
 		sysctl_print_dir(dir);
-		pr_cont("/%*.*s %ld\n",
-			namelen, namelen, name, PTR_ERR(subdir));
+		pr_cont("%*.*s %ld\n", namelen, namelen, name,
+			PTR_ERR(subdir));
 	}
 	drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header);
 	if (new)
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ static void put_links(struct ctl_table_header *header)
 		else {
 			pr_err("sysctl link missing during unregister: ");
 			sysctl_print_dir(parent);
-			pr_cont("/%s\n", name);
+			pr_cont("%s\n", name);
 		}
 	}
 }
-- 
2.25.1


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