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sysctl: Avoid calling priv_check() unnecessarily
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Authored by markj on Feb 19 2026, 5:01 PM.
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After commit 7d1d9cc440f80 we only serialize large sysctl requests for
non-root users, but we should avoid calling priv_check() unless the
request actually is large, as that's not the common case.

Fixes: 7d1d9cc440f8 ("sysctl: Do not serialize requests when running as root")

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