On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> wrote:
> +static int vdso32_sysctl;
> +
> +static int vdso_update_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> +                              void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
> +                              loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +       int ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);

Using a global for the temporary is gross and mildly racy.  I would
just open-code the conversion.  Or, even better, add proc_dobool().

I'm not convinced that the current patch is a cleanup.

--Andy

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