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Subject[PATCH][1/5] Introduce proc_domode
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[The patches seem to not have made it to the list the first time,
I'm retrying without CC:s.]

Add a new sysctl proc handler , proc_domode. It can be used to implement
sysctls for setting and/or displaying file mode or file mask values.

diff -pur l1/include/linux/sysctl.h l2/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- l1/include/linux/sysctl.h 2005-03-19 01:28:48.000000000 +0100
+++ l2/include/linux/sysctl.h 2005-03-19 08:08:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -812,6 +812,8 @@ extern int proc_doulonglongvec_minmax(ct
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(ctl_table *table, int,
struct file *, void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+extern int proc_domode(ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);

extern int do_sysctl (int __user *name, int nlen,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
diff -pur l1/kernel/sysctl.c l2/kernel/sysctl.c
--- l1/kernel/sysctl.c 2005-03-19 01:28:49.000000000 +0100
+++ l2/kernel/sysctl.c 2005-03-19 08:16:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -2120,6 +2120,81 @@ int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(ctl_table *
do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv, NULL);
}

+/**
+ * proc_domode - read a file mode value
+ * @table: the sysctl table
+ * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
+ * @filp: the file structure
+ * @buffer: the user buffer
+ * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
+ * @ppos: file position
+ *
+ * Reads/writes one file mode value (data type mode_t)
+ * from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string.
+ * Optionally checks that the value fits within the mask
+ * specified with *table->extra1. That mask cannot be
+ * bigger than 07777.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int proc_domode(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+#define TMPBUFLEN 6
+#define MAXMODE 07777
+ size_t len;
+ char __user *p;
+ char c;
+ char buf[TMPBUFLEN];
+ char *endp;
+ mode_t maxmask = MAXMODE;
+ unsigned long mode;
+
+ if (!table->data || !*lenp || (*ppos && !write)) {
+ *lenp = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (write) {
+ if (table->extra1)
+ maxmask &= *((mode_t *)table->extra1);
+ len = 0;
+ p = buffer;
+ while (len < *lenp) {
+ if (get_user(c, p++))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (c == 0 || c == '\n')
+ break;
+ len++;
+ }
+ if (len > TMPBUFLEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, len))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ buf[len] = '\0';
+ mode = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+ if (mode & ~maxmask)
+ return -EPERM;
+ *((mode_t *)table->data) = mode;
+ *ppos += *lenp;
+ } else {
+ if (*((mode_t *)table->data) > MAXMODE)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ mode = *((mode_t *)table->data);
+ len = sprintf(buf, "0%03o\n", (mode_t)mode);
+ if (len > *lenp)
+ len = *lenp;
+ if (len)
+ if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, len))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ *lenp = len;
+ *ppos += len;
+ }
+ return 0;
+#undef TMPBUFLEN
+#undef MAXMODE
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */

int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
@@ -2191,6 +2266,12 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(ct
return -ENOSYS;
}

+int proc_domode(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+

#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */

@@ -2432,6 +2513,12 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(ct
return -ENOSYS;
}

+int proc_domode(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
struct ctl_table_header * register_sysctl_table(ctl_table * table,
int insert_at_head)
{
@@ -2453,6 +2540,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_minmax);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_domode);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dostring);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_doulongvec_minmax);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_doulonglongvec_minmax);
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