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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 1b24bd45e08..c184732a70f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
/*
* Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
* with an initialised array of ctl_table's. An entry with zero
- * ctl_name terminates the table. table->de will be set up by the
- * registration and need not be initialised in advance.
+ * ctl_name and NULL procname terminates the table. table->de will be
+ * set up by the registration and need not be initialised in advance.
*
* sysctl names can be mirrored automatically under /proc/sys. The
* procname supplied controls /proc naming.
@@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
* Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file
* under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. A
* null procname disables /proc mirroring at this node.
- *
+ *
+ * sysctl entries with a zero ctl_name will not be available through
+ * the binary sysctl interface.
+ *
* sysctl(2) can automatically manage read and write requests through
* the sysctl table. The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table
* struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be