linux/arch
Eric W. Biederman 0b4d414714 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl
The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered
sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name.  Which is
pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented.

I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of
register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register
duplicate sysctl entries.

So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in
the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future
enhancments harder.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
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alpha [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: alpha 2007-02-12 09:48:37 -08:00
arm [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
arm26 [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: arm26 2007-02-12 09:48:37 -08:00
avr32 [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
cris [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
frv [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
h8300 [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: h8300 2007-02-12 09:48:38 -08:00
i386 [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
ia64 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
m32r [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: m32r 2007-02-12 09:48:38 -08:00
m68k [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
m68knommu [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: m68knommu 2007-02-12 09:48:38 -08:00
mips [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
parisc [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
powerpc [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
ppc [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
s390 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
sh [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
sh64 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
sparc [SPARC]: Re-export saved_command_line to modules. 2007-02-12 15:15:48 -08:00
sparc64 [SPARC]: Re-export saved_command_line to modules. 2007-02-12 15:15:48 -08:00
um [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
v850 [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
x86_64 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
xtensa [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: xtensa 2007-02-12 09:48:39 -08:00