1 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index c4e2a58a2e8..c2c7317d568 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -36,7 +36,52 @@
 #define DEVPTS_DEFAULT_PTMX_MODE 0000
 #define PTMX_MINOR	2
 
-extern int pty_limit;			/* Config limit on Unix98 ptys */
+/*
+ * sysctl support for setting limits on the number of Unix98 ptys allocated.
+ * Otherwise one can eat up all kernel memory by opening /dev/ptmx repeatedly.
+ */
+static int pty_limit = NR_UNIX98_PTY_DEFAULT;
+static int pty_limit_min;
+static int pty_limit_max = NR_UNIX98_PTY_MAX;
+static int pty_count;
+
+static struct ctl_table pty_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "max",
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.data		= &pty_limit,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &pty_limit_min,
+		.extra2		= &pty_limit_max,
+	}, {
+		.procname	= "nr",
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.data		= &pty_count,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table pty_kern_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "pty",
+		.mode		= 0555,
+		.child		= pty_table,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table pty_root_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "kernel",
+		.mode		= 0555,
+		.child		= pty_kern_table,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(allocated_ptys_lock);
 
 static struct vfsmount *devpts_mnt;
@@ -451,6 +496,7 @@ retry:
 		mutex_unlock(&allocated_ptys_lock);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
+	pty_count++;
 	mutex_unlock(&allocated_ptys_lock);
 	return index;
 }
@@ -462,6 +508,7 @@ void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx)
 
 	mutex_lock(&allocated_ptys_lock);
 	ida_remove(&fsi->allocated_ptys, idx);
+	pty_count--;
 	mutex_unlock(&allocated_ptys_lock);
 }
 
@@ -558,11 +605,15 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(struct tty_struct *tty)
 static int __init init_devpts_fs(void)
 {
 	int err = register_filesystem(&devpts_fs_type);
+	struct ctl_table_header *table;
+
 	if (!err) {
+		table = register_sysctl_table(pty_root_table);
 		devpts_mnt = kern_mount(&devpts_fs_type);
 		if (IS_ERR(devpts_mnt)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(devpts_mnt);
 			unregister_filesystem(&devpts_fs_type);
+			unregister_sysctl_table(table);
 		}
 	}
 	return err;