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    net: Implement register_net_sysctl. · ab41a2ca
    Eric W. Biederman authored
    
    
    Right now all of the networking sysctl registrations are running in a
    compatibiity mode.  The natvie sysctl registration api takes a cstring
    for a path and a simple ctl_table.  Implement register_net_sysctl so
    that we can register network sysctls without needing to use
    compatiblity code in the sysctl core.
    
    Switching from a ctl_path to a cstring results in less boiler plate
    and denser code that is a little easier to read.
    
    I would simply have changed the arguments to register_net_sysctl_table
    instead of keeping two functions in parallel but gcc will allow a
    ctl_path pointer to be passed to a char * pointer with only issuing a
    warning resulting in completely incorrect code can be built.  Since I
    have to change the function name I am taking advantage of the situation
    to let both register_net_sysctl and register_net_sysctl_table live for a
    short time in parallel which makes clean conversion patches a bit easier
    to read and write.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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