linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 58/59] sysctl: Reimplement the sysctl proc support

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Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:24:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 58/59] sysctl: Reimplement the sysctl proc support


* Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> On 3/14/07, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> > #define PROCNAME_PML    "sys/kernel/preempt_max_latency"
> >
> > static __init int latency_fs_init(void)
> > {
> >         struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
> >
> >         if (!(entry = create_proc_entry(PROCNAME_PML, 0644, NULL)))
> >                 printk("latency_fs_init(): can't create %s\n",
> >PROCNAME_PML);
> >
> > with your change that broke because beyond /proc/sys/ there are no 
> > real proc entries anymore, there's no de->subdir directory for 
> > xlate_proc_name() to find. While the latency tracer isnt upstream, 
> > this change in semantics does not seem to be intended (the changelog 
> > is certainly silent about it).
> 
> Use register_sysctl_table() for sysctls.

yes - i just wanted to point out the incompatibility and subtle breakage 
that this change caused. I'll now have to convert the current code over 
to sysctl_table, which isnt that hard but not trivial either, and i 
certainly could make use that time for other purposes.

	Ingo
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