linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] sysctl: make some functions unstatic to access by arch/lib

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:13:39 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Hajime Tazaki <tazaki@....wide.ad.jp>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Jhristoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Jekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Javid Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Jndrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] sysctl: make some functions unstatic to
 access by arch/lib

On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 22:10 +0900, Hajime Tazaki wrote:
> libos (arch/lib) emulates a sysctl-like interface by a function call of
> userspace by enumerating sysctl tree from sysctl_table_root. It requires
> to be publicly accessible to this symbol and related functions.
[]
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
[]
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int namecmp(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
>  }
>  
>  /* Called under sysctl_lock */
> -static struct ctl_table *find_entry(struct ctl_table_header **phead,
> +struct ctl_table *find_entry(struct ctl_table_header **phead,

find_entry and all of the <foo>_entry functions below it
are overly generic names.  Maybe prefix with ctl_table_


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