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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 911d846f0503..fe4713347275 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1680,43 +1680,45 @@ static __init int sysctl_init(void) core_initcall(sysctl_init); -static int is_branch_in(struct ctl_table *branch, struct ctl_table *table) +static struct ctl_table *is_branch_in(struct ctl_table *branch, + struct ctl_table *table) { struct ctl_table *p; const char *s = branch->procname; /* branch should have named subdirectory as its first element */ if (!s || !branch->child) - return 0; + return NULL; /* ... and nothing else */ if (branch[1].procname || branch[1].ctl_name) - return 0; + return NULL; /* table should contain subdirectory with the same name */ for (p = table; p->procname || p->ctl_name; p++) { if (!p->child) continue; if (p->procname && strcmp(p->procname, s) == 0) - return 1; + return p; } - return 0; + return NULL; } /* see if attaching q to p would be an improvement */ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q) { struct ctl_table *to = p->ctl_table, *by = q->ctl_table; + struct ctl_table *next; int is_better = 0; int not_in_parent = !p->attached_by; - while (is_branch_in(by, to)) { + while ((next = is_branch_in(by, to)) != NULL) { if (by == q->attached_by) is_better = 1; if (to == p->attached_by) not_in_parent = 1; by = by->child; - to = to->child; + to = next->child; } if (is_better && not_in_parent) { |
