From 0b4d414714f0d2f922d39424b0c5c82ad900a381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:34:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Acked-by: Ralf Baechle Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Russell King Cc: David Howells Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Corey Minyard Cc: Neil Brown Cc: "John W. Linville" Cc: James Bottomley Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Mark Fasheh Cc: David Chinner Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- net/decnet/dn_dev.c | 2 +- net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/decnet') diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c index 2b2c7fe45a7..0977df42c20 100644 --- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c +++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void dn_dev_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct dn_dev_parms * t->dn_dev_root_dir[0].de = NULL; t->dn_dev_vars[0].extra1 = (void *)dev; - t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->dn_dev_root_dir, 0); + t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->dn_dev_root_dir); if (t->sysctl_header == NULL) kfree(t); else diff --git a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c index 70a8cf2775d..52e40d7eb22 100644 --- a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c +++ b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static ctl_table dn_root_table[] = { void dn_register_sysctl(void) { - dn_table_header = register_sysctl_table(dn_root_table, 0); + dn_table_header = register_sysctl_table(dn_root_table); } void dn_unregister_sysctl(void) -- cgit v1.2.3