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Message-Id: <1327639810-12760-23-git-send-email-ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:50:04 -0800
From:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Damien Millescamps <damien.millescamps@...nd.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 23/29] sysctl: Add sysctl_print_dir and use it in get_subdir

When there are errors it is very nice to know the full sysctl path.
Add a simple function that computes the sysctl path and prints it
out.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 3c0767d..a785565 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sysctl_lock);
 
 static void drop_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header *header);
 
+static void sysctl_print_dir(struct ctl_dir *dir)
+{
+	if (dir->header.parent)
+		sysctl_print_dir(dir->header.parent);
+	printk(KERN_CONT "%s/", dir->header.ctl_table[0].procname);
+}
+
 static int namecmp(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
 {
 	int minlen;
@@ -822,7 +829,9 @@ found:
 	subdir->header.nreg++;
 failed:
 	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(subdir))) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "sysctl could not get directory: %*.*s %ld\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "sysctl could not get directory: ");
+		sysctl_print_dir(dir);
+		printk(KERN_CONT "/%*.*s %ld\n",
 			namelen, namelen, name, PTR_ERR(subdir));
 	}
 	drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header);
-- 
1.7.2.5

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