netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq

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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:44:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...eworks.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:42:02 -0400

> Hey all-
> 	I had noticed that an extra sysctl for xfrm had been added while back
> (specifically sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires).  Unlike its related sysctl's however,
> this was never exported so that out-of-tree modules could access it, and I
> thought it would be a good idea if it was.  This patch handles that.
> 
> Thanks & Regards
> Neil
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

There is no reason for out-of-tree code to access it and no
current examples exist.

It is an internal knob controlling how a specific part of the IPSEC
rule lookup operates, and that is all in-tree.

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