1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4dfba1a76cc3..02725178694a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -174,11 +174,32 @@ extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 
-#define SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY	-1
-#define SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN	 0
-#define SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT	 1
+/**
+ * enum sysctl_writes_mode - supported sysctl write modes
+ *
+ * @SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY: each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value
+ * 	to be written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
+ * 	will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position. No warning
+ * 	is issued when the initial position is not 0.
+ * @SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN: same as above but warn when the initial file position is
+ * 	not 0.
+ * @SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT: writes to numeric sysctl entries must always be at
+ * 	file position 0 and the value must be fully contained in the buffer
+ * 	sent to the write syscall. If dealing with strings respect the file
+ * 	position, but restrict this to the max length of the buffer, anything
+ * 	passed the max lenght will be ignored. Multiple writes will append
+ * 	to the buffer.
+ *
+ * These write modes control how current file position affects the behavior of
+ * updating sysctl values through the proc interface on each write.
+ */
+enum sysctl_writes_mode {
+	SYSCTL_WRITES_LEGACY		= -1,
+	SYSCTL_WRITES_WARN		= 0,
+	SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT		= 1,
+};
 
-static int sysctl_writes_strict = SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT;
+static enum sysctl_writes_mode sysctl_writes_strict = SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT;
 
 static int proc_do_cad_pid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);