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-rw-r--r--procps/sysctl.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 6d77185ca..e16b119e9 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -169,13 +169,15 @@ static int sysctl_act_on_setting(char *setting)
if (fd < 0) {
switch (errno) {
- case EACCES:
- /* Happens for write-only settings, e.g. net.ipv6.route.flush */
- goto end;
case ENOENT:
if (option_mask32 & FLAG_SHOW_KEY_ERRORS)
bb_error_msg("error: '%s' is an unknown key", outname);
break;
+ case EACCES:
+ /* Happens for write-only settings, e.g. net.ipv6.route.flush */
+ if (!writing)
+ goto end;
+ /* fall through */
default:
bb_perror_msg("error %sing key '%s'",
writing ?
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ static int sysctl_act_recursive(const char *path)
int retval = 0;
if (!(option_mask32 & FLAG_WRITE)
+ && !strchr(path, '=') /* do not try to resurse on "var=val" */
&& stat(path, &buf) == 0
&& S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)
) {