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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index f6dacc383c16..b6b6eb1abebb 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ int sysctl_perm(struct ctl_table_root *root, struct ctl_table *table, int op) static void sysctl_set_parent(struct ctl_table *parent, struct ctl_table *table) { - for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) { + for (; table->procname; table++) { table->parent = parent; if (table->child) sysctl_set_parent(table, table->child); @@ -1650,11 +1650,11 @@ static struct ctl_table *is_branch_in(struct ctl_table *branch, return NULL; /* ... and nothing else */ - if (branch[1].procname || branch[1].ctl_name) + if (branch[1].procname) return NULL; /* table should contain subdirectory with the same name */ - for (p = table; p->procname || p->ctl_name; p++) { + for (p = table; p->procname; p++) { if (!p->child) continue; if (p->procname && strcmp(p->procname, s) == 0) @@ -1699,8 +1699,7 @@ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q) * * The members of the &struct ctl_table structure are used as follows: * - * ctl_name - This is the numeric sysctl value used by sysctl(2). The number - * must be unique within that level of sysctl + * ctl_name - Dead * * procname - the name of the sysctl file under /proc/sys. Set to %NULL to not * enter a sysctl file @@ -1716,7 +1715,7 @@ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q) * * proc_handler - the text handler routine (described below) * - * strategy - the strategy routine (described below) + * strategy - Dead * * de - for internal use by the sysctl routines * @@ -1730,19 +1729,6 @@ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q) * struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be * performed, and the mode field allows minimal authentication. * - * More sophisticated management can be enabled by the provision of a - * strategy routine with the table entry. This will be called before - * any automatic read or write of the data is performed. - * - * The strategy routine may return - * - * < 0 - Error occurred (error is passed to user process) - * - * 0 - OK - proceed with automatic read or write. - * - * > 0 - OK - read or write has been done by the strategy routine, so - * return immediately. - * * There must be a proc_handler routine for any terminal nodes * mirrored under /proc/sys (non-terminals are handled by a built-in * directory handler). Several default handlers are available to @@ -1769,13 +1755,13 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_paths( struct ctl_table_set *set; /* Count the path components */ - for (npath = 0; path[npath].ctl_name || path[npath].procname; ++npath) + for (npath = 0; path[npath].procname; ++npath) ; /* * For each path component, allocate a 2-element ctl_table array. * The first array element will be filled with the sysctl entry - * for this, the second will be the sentinel (ctl_name == 0). + * for this, the second will be the sentinel (procname == 0). * * We allocate everything in one go so that we don't have to * worry about freeing additional memory in unregister_sysctl_table. @@ -1792,7 +1778,6 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_paths( for (n = 0; n < npath; ++n, ++path) { /* Copy the procname */ new->procname = path->procname; - new->ctl_name = path->ctl_name; new->mode = 0555; *prevp = new; |