linux/arch/x86
Matteo Croce eec4844fae proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check
In the sysctl code the proc_dointvec_minmax() function is often used to
validate the user supplied value between an allowed range.  This
function uses the extra1 and extra2 members from struct ctl_table as
minimum and maximum allowed value.

On sysctl handler declaration, in every source file there are some
readonly variables containing just an integer which address is assigned
to the extra1 and extra2 members, so the sysctl range is enforced.

The special values 0, 1 and INT_MAX are very often used as range
boundary, leading duplication of variables like zero=0, one=1,
int_max=INT_MAX in different source files:

    $ git grep -E '\.extra[12].*&(zero|one|int_max)' |wc -l
    248

Add a const int array containing the most commonly used values, some
macros to refer more easily to the correct array member, and use them
instead of creating a local one for every object file.

This is the bloat-o-meter output comparing the old and new binary
compiled with the default Fedora config:

    # scripts/bloat-o-meter -d vmlinux.o.old vmlinux.o
    add/remove: 2/2 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 24/-188 (-164)
    Data                                         old     new   delta
    sysctl_vals                                    -      12     +12
    __kstrtab_sysctl_vals                          -      12     +12
    max                                           14      10      -4
    int_max                                       16       -     -16
    one                                           68       -     -68
    zero                                         128      28    -100
    Total: Before=20583249, After=20583085, chg -0.00%

[mcroce@redhat.com: tipc: remove two unused variables]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190530091952.4108-1-mcroce@redhat.com
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c]
[arnd@arndb.de: proc/sysctl: make firmware loader table conditional]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190617130014.1713870-1-arnd@arndb.de
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix fs/eventpoll.c]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190430180111.10688-1-mcroce@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
..
boot It's been a relatively busy cycle for docs: 2019-07-09 12:34:26 -07:00
configs x86/defconfigs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH 2019-06-21 19:22:08 +02:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2019-07-08 20:57:08 -07:00
entry proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
events perf/x86/intel: Fix spurious NMI on fixed counter 2019-07-13 11:21:29 +02:00
hyperv clocksource/drivers: Continue making Hyper-V clocksource ISA agnostic 2019-07-03 11:00:59 +02:00
ia32 clone: fix CLONE_PIDFD support 2019-07-14 20:36:12 +02:00
include mm: introduce ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP 2019-07-16 19:23:25 -07:00
kernel proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
kvm ARM: 2019-07-12 15:35:14 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 10:39:56 -07:00
math-emu x86/fpu: Always init the state in fpu__clear() 2019-04-09 19:28:06 +02:00
mm mm/sparsemem: convert kmalloc_section_memmap() to populate_section_memmap() 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-07-08 19:48:57 -07:00
oprofile
pci treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 387 2019-06-05 17:37:11 +02:00
platform platform-drivers-x86 for v5.3-1 2019-07-14 16:51:47 -07:00
power SPDX update for 5.2-rc4 2019-06-08 12:52:42 -07:00
purgatory treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 230 2019-06-19 17:09:06 +02:00
ras RAS/CEC: Add CONFIG_RAS_CEC_DEBUG and move CEC debug features there 2019-06-08 17:39:24 +02:00
realmode x86/realmode: Make set_real_mode_mem() static inline 2019-03-29 10:16:27 +01:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 17:34:44 -07:00
um Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2019-07-08 21:48:15 -07:00
video treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
xen Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Kbuild 2019-05-30 11:32:33 -07:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-07-17 08:58:04 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86/cpu: Create Zhaoxin processors architecture support file 2019-06-22 11:45:57 +02:00
Kconfig.debug It's been a relatively busy cycle for docs: 2019-07-09 12:34:26 -07:00
Makefile x86/build: Keep local relocations with ld.lld 2019-04-05 12:34:35 +02:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um