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/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4/ipvs') diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c index 8b08d9cdcbc..b3050a6817e 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c @@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ int ip_vs_control_init(void) proc_net_fops_create("ip_vs", 0, &ip_vs_info_fops); proc_net_fops_create("ip_vs_stats",0, &ip_vs_stats_fops); - sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(vs_root_table, 0); + sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(vs_root_table); /* Initialize ip_vs_svc_table, ip_vs_svc_fwm_table, ip_vs_rtable */ for(idx = 0; idx < IP_VS_SVC_TAB_SIZE; idx++) { diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c index 76fd1fb9187..c801273cb88 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static struct ip_vs_scheduler ip_vs_lblc_scheduler = static int __init ip_vs_lblc_init(void) { INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ip_vs_lblc_scheduler.n_list); - sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(lblc_root_table, 0); + sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(lblc_root_table); return register_ip_vs_scheduler(&ip_vs_lblc_scheduler); } diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c index bf1e7f272b8..23f9b9e73c8 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static struct ip_vs_scheduler ip_vs_lblcr_scheduler = static int __init ip_vs_lblcr_init(void) { INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ip_vs_lblcr_scheduler.n_list); - sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(lblcr_root_table, 0); + sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(lblcr_root_table); #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_LBLCR_DEBUG proc_net_create("ip_vs_lblcr", 0, ip_vs_lblcr_getinfo); #endif -- cgit v1.2.3