netdev - Re: [PATCH] IPVS: Fix sysctl warnings about missing strategy

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0711160039110.2986@u.domain.uli>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:53:25 +0200 (EET)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, wensong@...ux-vs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPVS: Fix sysctl warnings about missing strategy


	Hello,

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Simon Horman wrote:

> > So, as long as these entries are not
> > accessible from sysctl it is safe to run without strategy handler but if
> > values can be changed then we will need strategy handler to
> > properly call update_defense_level() as done in proc_do_defense_mode()
> > as proc_handler. There could be side effects if new mode is not applied.
> 
> I'm not sure what you are getting at there. I did write a stratergy
> for update_defense_level(), but I didn't post it, as I thought that
> it would not be needed if CTL_UNNUMBERED is used.

	Thanks everyone! I now see that by using CTL_UNNUMBERED
for ctl_name stops any writes to 'data', so there is no need for
'strategy' handler.

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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