linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/23] sysctl powerpc: Remove dead binary sysctl support

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Message-ID: <1257713040.13611.280.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:44:00 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/23] sysctl powerpc: Remove dead binary sysctl support

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 04:22 -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> Now that sys_sysctl is a generic wrapper around /proc/sys  .ctl_name
> and .strategy members of sysctl tables are dead code.  Remove them.
> 
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>

> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c |    2 --
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> index 88d9c1d..cece9e2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ int powersave_nap;
>   */
>  static ctl_table powersave_nap_ctl_table[]={
>  	{
> -		.ctl_name	= KERN_PPC_POWERSAVE_NAP,
>  		.procname	= "powersave-nap",
>  		.data		= &powersave_nap,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
> @@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ static ctl_table powersave_nap_ctl_table[]={
>  };
>  static ctl_table powersave_nap_sysctl_root[] = {
>  	{
> -		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
>  		.procname	= "kernel",
>  		.mode		= 0555,
>  		.child		= powersave_nap_ctl_table,


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