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* [PATCH v2 0/1] lockd: Change nsm_use_hostnames from bool to u32
@ 2016-12-11 15:36 Jia He
  2016-12-11 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Jia He
  2016-12-11 17:56 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] " Pan Xinhui
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jia He @ 2016-12-11 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-nfs
  Cc: J. Bruce Fields, Jeff Layton, Trond Myklebust, Anna Schumaker,
	linux-kernel, Jia He

nsm_use_hostnames is a module parameter and it will be exported to sysctl
procfs. This is to let user sometimes change it from userspace. But the
minimal unit for sysctl procfs read/write it sizeof(int).
In big endian system, the converting from/to  bool to/from int will cause
error for proc items.

This patch changes the type definition of nsm_use_hostnames.

The test case I used:
/***************************************************************/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>

bool __read_mostly nsm_use_hostnames;
module_param(nsm_use_hostnames, bool, 0644);

static struct ctl_table my_sysctl[] = {
        {
                .procname       = "nsm_use_hostnames",
                .data           = &nsm_use_hostnames,
                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
                .mode           = 0644,
                .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
        },
        {}
};

static struct ctl_table my_root[] = {
        {
        .procname       = "mysysctl",
        .mode           = 0555,
        .child          = my_sysctl,
        },
        {}
};

static struct ctl_table_header * my_ctl_header;

static int __init sysctl_exam_init(void)
{
        my_ctl_header = register_sysctl_table(&my_root);
        if (my_ctl_header == NULL)
                printk("error regiester sysctl");

        return 0;
}

static void __exit sysctl_exam_exit(void)
{
        unregister_sysctl_table(my_ctl_header);
}

module_init(sysctl_exam_init);
module_exit(sysctl_exam_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
/****************************************************************/

[root@bigendian my]# insmod -f /root/my/hello.ko nsm_use_hostnames=1   
[root@bigendian my]# cat /proc/sys/mysysctl/nsm_use_hostnames 
16777216

After I change the bool to int:
[root@bigendian my]# insmod -f /root/my/hello.ko nsm_use_hostnames=1
[root@bigendian my]# cat /proc/sys/mysysctl/nsm_use_hostnames
1

In little endian system, there is no such issue.

Jia He (1):
  lockd: Change nsm_use_hostnames from bool to u32

 fs/lockd/mon.c              | 2 +-
 fs/lockd/svc.c              | 2 +-
 include/linux/lockd/lockd.h | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.5.5

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