linux-kernel - [PATCH] sysctl: delete unused define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY

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Message-Id: <20231223-sysctl-perm-empty-dir-v1-1-194edd9b09dd@weissschuh.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:53:47 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
 Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] sysctl: delete unused define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY_DIR

It seems it was never used.

Fixes: 2f2665c13af4 ("sysctl: replace child with an enumeration")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
This was originally part of the sysctl-const series [0], but it doesn't
really belong in there.
To slim down that series as much as possible, submit this patch on its
own.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231204-const-sysctl-v2-2-7a5060b11447@weissschuh.net/
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 61b40ea81f4d..26a38161c28f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ extern int unaligned_enabled;
 extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
-#define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY_DIR	(1 << 0)
-
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 static inline void register_sysctl_init(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)

---
base-commit: a6fd07f80ab7bd94edb4d56c35e61117ffb9957e
change-id: 20231223-sysctl-perm-empty-dir-7a71b4e3867b

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>