From b380b0d4f7dffcc235c0facefa537d4655619101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:05:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] forgotten refcount on sysctl root table
We should've set refcount on the root sysctl table; otherwise we'll blow
up the first time we get down to zero dynamically registered sysctl
tables.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tested-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index fe471334727588..50ec0886fa3d35 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *
static struct ctl_table root_table[];
static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
+ .count = 1,
.ctl_table = root_table,
.ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),
.root = &sysctl_table_root,
--
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