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sysctl: Fix data races in proc_dointvec_minmax().

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A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance
of data-race.  So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to
avoid load/store-tearing.

This patch changes proc_dointvec_minmax() to use READ_ONCE() and
WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side.  For now,
proc_dointvec_minmax() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still
need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Kuniyuki Iwashima 2022-07-06 16:39:54 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 4762b532ec
commit f613d86d01
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@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
if ((param->min && *param->min > tmp) ||
(param->max && *param->max < tmp))
return -EINVAL;
*valp = tmp;
WRITE_ONCE(*valp, tmp);
}
return 0;