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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
commit3d071cd313643cf82b1ce1ce4fdf08d63ad53964 (patch)
tree874c1683f32f07614aa123f6ca5cf6c2bd443704 /kernel/sysctl.c
parentcf8e98d15361f8c594da00a3f7a500787fc1a426 (diff)
parent02f8c6aee8df3cdc935e9bdd4f2d020306035dbe (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4fc92445a29c..f175d98bd355 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -938,6 +938,12 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
},
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+ /*
+ * User-space scripts rely on the existence of this file
+ * as a feature check for perf_events being enabled.
+ *
+ * So it's an ABI, do not remove!
+ */
{
.procname = "perf_event_paranoid",
.data = &sysctl_perf_event_paranoid,