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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2011-05-14 12:06:36 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2011-05-14 12:06:36 +0200
commita18f22a968de17b29f2310cdb7ba69163e65ec15 (patch)
treea7d56d88fad5e444d7661484109758a2f436129e /kernel/sysctl_binary.c
parenta1c57e0fec53defe745e64417eacdbd3618c3e66 (diff)
parent798778b8653f64b7b2162ac70eca10367cff6ce8 (diff)
Merge branch 'consolidate-clksrc-i8253' of master.kernel.org:~rmk/linux-2.6-arm into timers/clocksource
Conflicts: arch/ia64/kernel/cyclone.c arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c Reason: Resolve conflicts so further cleanups do not conflict further Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl_binary.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl_binary.c19
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index b875bedf7c9..3b8e028b960 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1321,13 +1321,11 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
void __user *oldval, size_t oldlen, void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
const struct bin_table *table = NULL;
- struct nameidata nd;
struct vfsmount *mnt;
struct file *file;
ssize_t result;
char *pathname;
int flags;
- int acc_mode;
pathname = sysctl_getname(name, nlen, &table);
result = PTR_ERR(pathname);
@@ -1337,28 +1335,17 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
/* How should the sysctl be accessed? */
if (oldval && oldlen && newval && newlen) {
flags = O_RDWR;
- acc_mode = MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE;
} else if (newval && newlen) {
flags = O_WRONLY;
- acc_mode = MAY_WRITE;
} else if (oldval && oldlen) {
flags = O_RDONLY;
- acc_mode = MAY_READ;
} else {
result = 0;
goto out_putname;
}
mnt = current->nsproxy->pid_ns->proc_mnt;
- result = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, 0, &nd);
- if (result)
- goto out_putname;
-
- result = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flags);
- if (result)
- goto out_putpath;
-
- file = dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, flags, current_cred());
+ file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, flags);
result = PTR_ERR(file);
if (IS_ERR(file))
goto out_putname;
@@ -1370,10 +1357,6 @@ out_putname:
putname(pathname);
out:
return result;
-
-out_putpath:
- path_put(&nd.path);
- goto out_putname;
}