* Fix error when reporting jiffies converted values back to user space
 
   Return the converted value instead of "Invalid argument" error.
 
 * Testing
 
   Spent around a week in linux-next -enough for this small fix-
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Merge tag 'sysctl-7.00-fixes-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl

Pull sysctl fix from Joel Granados:

 - Fix error when reporting jiffies converted values back to user space

   Return the converted value instead of "Invalid argument" error

* tag 'sysctl-7.00-fixes-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
  time/jiffies: Fix sysctl file error on configurations where USER_HZ < HZ
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Linus Torvalds 2026-03-04 08:21:11 -08:00
commit ecc64d2dc9

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@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_jiffies);
int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) && USER_HZ < HZ)
return -EINVAL;
return proc_dointvec_conv(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos,
do_proc_int_conv_userhz_jiffies);
}