hung_task: Change sysctl_hung_task_check_count to 'int'
authorLi Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:43:58 +0000 (16:43 +0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:10:49 +0000 (11:10 +0200)
commitcd64647f043e3fd3569bcf068f47f030198ff93a
treec4ff621340758e4dde72ddb8c3a63d32604c0fbb
parentd8524ae9d6f492a9c6db9f4d89c5f9b8782fa2d5
hung_task: Change sysctl_hung_task_check_count to 'int'

As 'sysctl_hung_task_check_count' is 'unsigned long' when this
value is assigned to max_count in check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(),
it's truncated to 'int' type.

This causes a minor artifact: if we write 2^32 to sysctl.hung_task_check_count,
hung task detection will be effectively disabled.

With this fix, it will still truncate the user input to 32 bits, but
reading sysctl.hung_task_check_count reflects the actual truncated value.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/523FFF4E.9050401@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
kernel/hung_task.c
kernel/sysctl.c