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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h6
-rw-r--r--init/main.c4
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index c88854df0b62..1c9635dddb70 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1592,6 +1592,13 @@ static const char *sysctl_find_alias(char *param)
return NULL;
}
+bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param)
+{
+ const char *alias = sysctl_find_alias(param);
+
+ return alias != NULL;
+}
+
/* Set sysctl value passed on kernel command line. */
static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
const char *unused, void *arg)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 09d7429d67c0..61b40ea81f4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ extern void __register_sysctl_init(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table,
extern struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path);
void do_sysctl_args(void);
+bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param);
int do_proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
int (*conv)(unsigned long *lvalp,
@@ -287,6 +288,11 @@ static inline void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
static inline void do_sysctl_args(void)
{
}
+
+static inline bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 436d73261810..e24b0780fdff 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val,
{
size_t len = strlen(param);
+ /* Handle params aliased to sysctls */
+ if (sysctl_is_alias(param))
+ return 0;
+
repair_env_string(param, val);
/* Handle obsolete-style parameters */