linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] constify tables in kernel/sysctl

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Message-ID: <m1y7bp6k7b.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:05:28 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c

"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com> writes:

> Remains the question whether it is intended that many, perhaps even
> large, tables are compiled in without ever having a chance to get used,
> i.e. whether there shouldn't #ifdef CONFIG_xxx get added.

The constification looks good.  The file should be compiled only when
we have sysctl support.  We use those tables when we call 
register_sysctl_table.  Which we do a lot.

Eric
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