From f728019bb72e655680c02ad1829323054a8e875f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:22:05 -0800 Subject: sysctl: register only tables of sysctl files Split the registration of a complex ctl_table array which may have arbitrary numbers of directories (->child != NULL) and tables of files into a series of simpler registrations that only register tables of files. Graphically: register('dir', { + file-a + file-b + subdir1 + file-c + subdir2 + file-d + file-e }) is transformed into: wrapper->subheaders[0] = register('dir', {file1-a, file1-b}) wrapper->subheaders[1] = register('dir/subdir1', {file-c}) wrapper->subheaders[2] = register('dir/subdir2', {file-d, file-e}) return wrapper This guarantees that __register_sysctl_table will only see a simple ctl_table array with all entries having (->child == NULL). Care was taken to pass the original simple ctl_table arrays to __register_sysctl_table whenever possible. This change is derived from a similar patch written by Lucrian Grijincu. Inspired-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/sysctl.h') diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h index a514e0f6056d..25c7dfe1a7ec 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ struct ctl_table void *data; int maxlen; umode_t mode; - struct ctl_table *child; + struct ctl_table *child; /* Deprecated */ struct ctl_table *parent; /* Automatically set */ proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */ struct ctl_table_poll *poll; -- cgit v1.2.3