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 --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h index 51acdec88a6..396b8d984c5 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@ struct ctl_table_header struct completion *unregistering; }; -struct ctl_table_header * register_sysctl_table(ctl_table * table, - int insert_at_head); +struct ctl_table_header * register_sysctl_table(ctl_table * table); + void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * table); #else /* __KERNEL__ */ -- cgit v1.2.3