netdev - [PATCH net-next 06/19] net core: Remove unneded creation of an empty net/core sysctl directory

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Message-ID: <m1fwbzgv8m.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:25:13 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>, pablo@...filter.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 06/19] net core: Remove unneded creation of an empty  net/core sysctl directory


On the next line we register the net_core_table in net/core which
creates the directory and ensures it exists.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 net/core/sysctl_net_core.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index dfe2885..4a9472d 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -254,9 +254,6 @@ static __net_initdata struct pernet_operations sysctl_core_ops = {
 
 static __init int sysctl_core_init(void)
 {
-	static struct ctl_table empty[1];
-
-	kmemleak_not_leak(register_net_sysctl_table(&init_net, net_core_path, empty));
 	register_net_sysctl(&init_net, "net/core", net_core_table);
 	return register_pernet_subsys(&sysctl_core_ops);
 }
-- 
1.7.2.5

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