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authorJoel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>2025-11-29 00:47:54 +0300
committerJoel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>2026-01-05 16:10:32 +0300
commitac3d6a4b60ef1b26b29517d35ca28966142fc65e (patch)
tree6c26a5e737c7d6c3a6638cc338fabd44219091cb
parent11400f86c28eaeb8d0cc22fef3f16fdd87d46214 (diff)
downloadlinux-ac3d6a4b60ef1b26b29517d35ca28966142fc65e.tar.xz
sysctl: clarify proc_douintvec_minmax doc
Specify that the range check is only when assigning kernel variable Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e9bc1161ecfb..4ea56c71c7ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -692,10 +692,10 @@ int proc_dointvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
* values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string. Negative
* strings are not allowed.
*
- * This routine will ensure the values are within the range specified by
- * table->extra1 (min) and table->extra2 (max). There is a final sanity
- * check for UINT_MAX to avoid having to support wrap around uses from
- * userspace.
+ * When changing the kernel variable, this routine will ensure the values
+ * are within the range specified by table->extra1 (min) and table->extra2
+ * (max). And Check that the values are less than UINT_MAX to avoid having to
+ * support wrap around uses from userspace.
*
* Returns 0 on success or -ERANGE when range check failes and
* SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) == true