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| -rw-r--r-- | procps/sysctl.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c index 60d9c0afc..860c84062 100644 --- a/procps/sysctl.c +++ b/procps/sysctl.c @@ -235,8 +235,11 @@ static int sysctl_display_all(const char *path) static void sysctl_dots_to_slashes(char *name) { - char *cptr, *last_good; - char *end = name + strlen(name) - 1; + char *cptr, *last_good, *end; + + /* It can be good as-is! */ + if (access(name, F_OK) == 0) + return; /* Example from bug 3894: * net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.mc_forwarding -> @@ -246,6 +249,7 @@ static void sysctl_dots_to_slashes(char *name) * we replaced even one . -> /, start over again, * but never replace dots before the position * where replacement occurred. */ + end = name + strlen(name) - 1; last_good = name - 1; again: cptr = end; |