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fork: adjust sysctl_max_threads definition to match prototype
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Commit 3292739 ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler")
changed ctl_table.proc_handler to take a kernel pointer.  Adjust the
definition of sysctl_max_threads to match its prototype in
linux/sysctl.h which fixes the following sparse error/warning:

  kernel/fork.c:3050:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
  kernel/fork.c:3050:47:    expected void *
  kernel/fork.c:3050:47:    got void [noderef] __user *buffer
  kernel/fork.c:3036:5: error: symbol 'sysctl_max_threads' redeclared with different type (incompatible argument 3 (different address spaces)):
  kernel/fork.c:3036:5:    int extern [addressable] [signed] [toplevel] sysctl_max_threads( ... )
  kernel/fork.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/key.h, include/linux/cred.h, include/linux/sched/signal.h, include/linux/sched/cputime.h):
  include/linux/sysctl.h:242:5: note: previously declared as:
  include/linux/sysctl.h:242:5:    int extern [addressable] [signed] [toplevel] sysctl_max_threads( ... )

Fixes: 3292739 ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler")
Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200825093647.24263-1-tklauser@distanz.ch
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tobias Klauser authored and Linus Torvalds committed Sep 5, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
}

int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct ctl_table t;
int ret;
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