[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 <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by:
Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by:
Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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- arch/arm/kernel/isa.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/arm/kernel/isa.c
- arch/frv/kernel/pm.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/frv/kernel/pm.c
- arch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c
- arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
- arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
- arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_main.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_main.c
- arch/mips/au1000/common/power.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/mips/au1000/common/power.c
- arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c
- arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
- arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c
- arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c 2 additions, 2 deletionsarch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
- arch/s390/kernel/debug.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/s390/kernel/debug.c
- arch/s390/mm/cmm.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/s390/mm/cmm.c
- arch/sh64/kernel/traps.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/sh64/kernel/traps.c
- arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
- arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
- arch/x86_64/mm/init.c 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/x86_64/mm/init.c
- drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c 1 addition, 1 deletiondrivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
- drivers/char/hpet.c 1 addition, 1 deletiondrivers/char/hpet.c
- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c 1 addition, 1 deletiondrivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
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