linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl.c: Change a .proc_handler = proc

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:22 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl.c: Change a .proc_handler = proc_dointvec to

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:55:53AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> writes:

> >     net: '&' redux
> >     
> >     I want to compile out proc_* and sysctl_* handlers totally and
> >     stub them to NULL depending on config options, however usage of &
> >     will prevent this, since taking adress of NULL pointer will break
> >     compilation.
> 
> I just experimented with this and found that at present a number of
> the proc handlers wrap functions like proc_dointvec, so it does not work.
> 
> Did you have a plan for those?

Of course, net/ was just first big step.
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