sysctl: Add a size arg to __register_sysctl_table

We make these changes in order to prepare __register_sysctl_table and
its callers for when we remove the sentinel element (empty element at
the end of ctl_table arrays). We don't actually remove any sentinels in
this commit, but we *do* make sure to use ARRAY_SIZE so the table_size
is available when the removal occurs.

We add a table_size argument to __register_sysctl_table and adjust
callers, all of which pass ctl_table pointers and need an explicit call
to ARRAY_SIZE. We implement a size calculation in register_net_sysctl in
order to forward the size of the array pointer received from the network
register calls.

The new table_size argument does not yet have any effect in the
init_header call which is still dependent on the sentinel's presence.
table_size *does* however drive the `kzalloc` allocation in
__register_sysctl_table with no adverse effects as the allocated memory
is either one element greater than the calculated ctl_table array (for
the calls in ipc_sysctl.c, mq_sysctl.c and ucount.c) or the exact size
of the calculated ctl_table array (for the call from sysctl_net.c and
register_sysctl). This approach will allows us to "just" remove the
sentinel without further changes to __register_sysctl_table as
table_size will represent the exact size for all the callers at that
point.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index fa1438f1a355..b8dd78e344ff 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ static struct ctl_dir *sysctl_mkdir_p(struct ctl_dir *dir, const char *path)
  * 	 should not be free'd after registration. So it should not be
  * 	 used on stack. It can either be a global or dynamically allocated
  * 	 by the caller and free'd later after sysctl unregistration.
+ * @table_size : The number of elements in table
  *
  * Register a sysctl table hierarchy. @table should be a filled in ctl_table
  * array. A completely 0 filled entry terminates the table.
@@ -1354,27 +1355,20 @@ static struct ctl_dir *sysctl_mkdir_p(struct ctl_dir *dir, const char *path)
  */
 struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table(
 	struct ctl_table_set *set,
-	const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
+	const char *path, struct ctl_table *table, size_t table_size)
 {
 	struct ctl_table_root *root = set->dir.header.root;
 	struct ctl_table_header *header;
-	struct ctl_table_header h_tmp;
 	struct ctl_dir *dir;
-	struct ctl_table *entry;
 	struct ctl_node *node;
-	int nr_entries = 0;
-
-	h_tmp.ctl_table = table;
-	list_for_each_table_entry(entry, (&h_tmp))
-		nr_entries++;
 
 	header = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ctl_table_header) +
-			 sizeof(struct ctl_node)*nr_entries, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+			 sizeof(struct ctl_node)*table_size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!header)
 		return NULL;
 
 	node = (struct ctl_node *)(header + 1);
-	init_header(header, root, set, node, table, nr_entries);
+	init_header(header, root, set, node, table, table_size);
 	if (sysctl_check_table(path, header))
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -1423,8 +1417,15 @@ fail:
  */
 struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
 {
+	int count = 0;
+	struct ctl_table *entry;
+	struct ctl_table_header t_hdr;
+
+	t_hdr.ctl_table = table;
+	list_for_each_table_entry(entry, (&t_hdr))
+		count++;
 	return __register_sysctl_table(&sysctl_table_root.default_set,
-					path, table);
+					path, table, count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl);