netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 12/19] net neighbour: Convert to use register_net

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Message-ID: <4F90F26B.3090906@parallels.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:21:47 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>,
	"pablo@...filter.org" <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 12/19] net neighbour:  Convert to use register_net_sysctl

> @@ -2925,19 +2924,7 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
>  {
>  	struct neigh_sysctl_table *t;
>  	const char *dev_name_source = NULL;
> -
> -#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_ROOT	0
> -#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_PROTO	1
> -#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_NEIGH	2
> -#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV	3
> -
> -	struct ctl_path neigh_path[] = {
> -		{ .procname = "net",	 },
> -		{ .procname = "proto",	 },
> -		{ .procname = "neigh",	 },
> -		{ .procname = "default", },
> -		{ },
> -	};
> +	char neigh_path[ sizeof("net//neigh/") + IFNAMSIZ + IFNAMSIZ ];

Why two IFNAMSIZ-es? One is for the dev->name, but the other one is not.
Is it just for not having any other better constant at hands?

>  	t = kmemdup(&neigh_sysctl_template, sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!t)
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