--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-use-const-for-typically-used-max-min-proc-sysctls
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -108,27 +108,26 @@
 
 /* Constants used for minimum and  maximum */
 
-static unsigned long zero_ul;
-static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
-static unsigned long long_max = LONG_MAX;
+static const unsigned long zero_ul;
+static const unsigned long one_ul = 1;
+static const unsigned long long_max = LONG_MAX;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-static int ten_thousand = 10000;
+static const int ten_thousand = 10000;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-static int six_hundred_forty_kb = 640 * 1024;
+static const int six_hundred_forty_kb = 640 * 1024;
 #endif
 
 /* this is needed for the proc_doulongvec_minmax of vm_dirty_bytes */
-static unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
+static const unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
 
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
-static int maxolduid = 65535;
-static int minolduid;
+static const int maxolduid = 65535;
+static const int minolduid;
 
 static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
 
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
 #include <linux/inotify.h>
 #endif
@@ -172,8 +171,8 @@ int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
-static int min_extfrag_threshold;
-static int max_extfrag_threshold = 1000;
+static const int min_extfrag_threshold;
+static const int max_extfrag_threshold = 1000;
 #endif
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
@@ -2177,8 +2176,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &minolduid,
-		.extra2		= &maxolduid,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&minolduid,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "overflowgid",
@@ -2186,8 +2185,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &minolduid,
-		.extra2		= &maxolduid,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&minolduid,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_S390
 	{
@@ -2261,7 +2260,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= &ten_thousand,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&ten_thousand,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "printk_devkmsg",
@@ -2473,7 +2472,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= perf_event_max_stack_handler,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= &six_hundred_forty_kb,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&six_hundred_forty_kb,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack",
@@ -2629,7 +2628,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(dirty_background_bytes),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= dirty_background_bytes_handler,
-		.extra1		= &one_ul,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&one_ul,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "dirty_ratio",
@@ -2646,7 +2645,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(vm_dirty_bytes),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= dirty_bytes_handler,
-		.extra1		= &dirty_bytes_min,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&dirty_bytes_min,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "dirty_writeback_centisecs",
@@ -2760,8 +2759,8 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &min_extfrag_threshold,
-		.extra2		= &max_extfrag_threshold,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&min_extfrag_threshold,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&max_extfrag_threshold,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "compact_unevictable_allowed",
@@ -3047,8 +3046,8 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(files_stat.max_files),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &zero_ul,
-		.extra2		= &long_max,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&zero_ul,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&long_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "nr_open",
@@ -3072,8 +3071,8 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &minolduid,
-		.extra2		= &maxolduid,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&minolduid,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "overflowgid",
@@ -3081,8 +3080,8 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &minolduid,
-		.extra2		= &maxolduid,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&minolduid,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
 	{
