[Devel] [PATCH vz10] sched: enforce the 0..1 bound on sched_cpulimit_scale_cpufreq
Konstantin Khorenko
khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Aug 26 19:48:52 MSK 2026
a kind ping
--
Best regards,
Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team
On 8/5/26 15:45, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> The sched_cpulimit_scale_cpufreq sysctl was registered with
> .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO
> .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
> but with .proc_handler = proc_dointvec.
>
> proc_dointvec() ignores extra1/extra2, so the intended [0, 1] clamp was
> never applied. sysctl_sched_cpulimit_scale_cpufreq is also unsigned int,
> so proc_dointvec() is the wrong signedness for it in the first place.
>
> Use proc_douintvec_minmax() so the already-declared bounds are honoured
> and an out-of-range write is rejected.
>
> Fixes: 4e99efb641da0 ("sched: Port CONFIG_CFS_CPULIMIT feature")
> Feature: sched: ability to limit number of CPUs available to a CT
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-137234
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index d5b4d8c97a0c7..7580067e7f44a 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -4753,7 +4753,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_core_sysctls[] = {
> .data = &sysctl_sched_cpulimit_scale_cpufreq,
> .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
> .mode = 0644,
> - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
> + .proc_handler = proc_douintvec_minmax,
> .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
> .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
> },
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