While auditing proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax() usage in kernel, I
found a bug
in drivers/parport/procfs.c, incorrectly using sizeof(int) instead of
sizeof(unsigned long)
Only 64bit arches are affected by this old bug.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/parport/procfs.c b/drivers/parport/procfs.c
index ed82e41..d950fc3 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/procfs.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ parport_device_sysctl_template = {
{
.procname = "timeslice",
.data = NULL,
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax,
.extra1 = (void*) &parport_min_timeslice_value,
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