[PATCH] make kernel/sysctl.c:_proc_do_string() static

[deliverable/linux.git] / kernel / sysctl.c

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index ba42694f0453d774d7666b794c6422af21935d75..8f3f00d5ee52fc89b0582e2a4b8414b00316975e 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1624,32 +1624,15 @@ static ssize_t proc_writesys(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
        return do_rw_proc(1, file, (char __user *) buf, count, ppos);
 }
 
-/**
- * proc_dostring - read a string sysctl
- * @table: the sysctl table
- * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
- * @filp: the file structure
- * @buffer: the user buffer
- * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
- * @ppos: file position
- *
- * Reads/writes a string from/to the user buffer. If the kernel
- * buffer provided is not large enough to hold the string, the
- * string is truncated. The copied string is %NULL-terminated.
- * If the string is being read by the user process, it is copied
- * and a newline '\n' is added. It is truncated if the buffer is
- * not large enough.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success.
- */
-int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
-                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
+                          struct file *filp, void __user *buffer,
+                          size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
        size_t len;
        char __user *p;
        char c;
        
-       if (!table->data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp ||
+       if (!data || !maxlen || !*lenp ||
            (*ppos && !write)) {
                *lenp = 0;
                return 0;
@@ -1665,20 +1648,20 @@ int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
                                break;
                        len++;
                }
-               if (len >= table->maxlen)
-                       len = table->maxlen-1;
-               if(copy_from_user(table->data, buffer, len))
+               if (len >= maxlen)
+                       len = maxlen-1;
+               if(copy_from_user(data, buffer, len))
                        return -EFAULT;
-               ((char *) table->data)[len] = 0;
+               ((char *) data)[len] = 0;
                *ppos += *lenp;
        } else {
-               len = strlen(table->data);
-               if (len > table->maxlen)
-                       len = table->maxlen;
+               len = strlen(data);
+               if (len > maxlen)
+                       len = maxlen;
                if (len > *lenp)
                        len = *lenp;
                if (len)
-                       if(copy_to_user(buffer, table->data, len))
+                       if(copy_to_user(buffer, data, len))
                                return -EFAULT;
                if (len < *lenp) {
                        if(put_user('\n', ((char __user *) buffer) + len))
@@ -1691,6 +1674,31 @@ int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
        return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * proc_dostring - read a string sysctl
+ * @table: the sysctl table
+ * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
+ * @filp: the file structure
+ * @buffer: the user buffer
+ * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
+ * @ppos: file position
+ *
+ * Reads/writes a string from/to the user buffer. If the kernel
+ * buffer provided is not large enough to hold the string, the
+ * string is truncated. The copied string is %NULL-terminated.
+ * If the string is being read by the user process, it is copied
+ * and a newline '\n' is added. It is truncated if the buffer is
+ * not large enough.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       return _proc_do_string(table->data, table->maxlen, write, filp,
+                              buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
 /*
  *     Special case of dostring for the UTS structure. This has locks
  *     to observe. Should this be in kernel/sys.c ????