linux/drivers/char
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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agp [AGPGART] Add new IDs to VIA AGP. 2007-01-28 17:58:33 -05:00
drm [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
hw_random [PATCH] Char: use more PCI_DEVICE macro 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
ip2 [PATCH] tty: update the tty layer to work with struct pid 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
ipmi [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
mwave IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
pcmcia [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
rio [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
tpm [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
watchdog [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
.gitignore [MIPS] Remove IT8172-based platforms, ITE 8172G and Globespan IVR support. 2006-10-03 17:59:17 +01:00
amiserial.c [PATCH] CHAR-Amiserial: turn local_save_flags() + local_irq_disable() into local_irq_save() 2007-02-11 11:18:07 -08:00
apm-emulation.c [APM] Add shared version of APM emulation 2007-02-09 17:08:57 +00:00
applicom.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
applicom.h
briq_panel.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
cd1865.h
ChangeLog
consolemap.c [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
cp437.uni
cs5535_gpio.c [PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
cyclades.c [PATCH] Char: cyclades, use pci_device_id 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
decserial.c [PATCH] dz: Fixes to make it work 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
defkeymap.c_shipped
defkeymap.map
digi1.h
digi.h
digiFep1.h
digiPCI.h
ds1286.c [PATCH] proper flags type of spin_lock_irqsave() 2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
ds1302.c [PATCH] DS1302: local_irq_disable() is redundant after local_irq_save() 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
ds1620.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
dsp56k.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
dtlk.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
ec3104_keyb.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
efirtc.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
epca.c [PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
epca.h [PATCH] char: kill unneeded memsets 2006-10-04 07:55:13 -07:00
epcaconfig.h
esp.c [PATCH] tty: switch to ktermios 2006-12-08 08:28:57 -08:00
generic_nvram.c [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
generic_serial.c [PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
genrtc.c WorkStruct: make allyesconfig 2006-11-22 14:57:56 +00:00
hangcheck-timer.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
hpet.c [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
hvc_beat.c [POWERPC] Celleb: hypervisor console driver 2007-02-07 14:03:21 +11:00
hvc_console.c [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
hvc_console.h [POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settable 2006-07-13 18:53:32 +10:00
hvc_iseries.c Merge branch 'master' of git://oak/home/sfr/kernels/iseries/work 2006-10-04 15:02:27 +10:00
hvc_rtas.c [POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settable 2006-07-13 18:53:32 +10:00
hvc_vio.c [POWERPC] The two vio HVC backends clash 2006-09-25 13:30:51 +10:00
hvcs.c [PATCH] tty: switch to ktermios 2006-12-08 08:28:57 -08:00
hvsi.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
i8k.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
ip27-rtc.c [PATCH] make more file_operation structs static 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
isicom.c [PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
istallion.c [PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
Kconfig [PATCH] Char: mxser, obsolete old, nonexperimental new 2007-02-11 10:51:28 -08:00
keyboard.c [PATCH] Fix SAK_work workqueue initialization. 2007-02-13 16:07:36 -08:00
lcd.c [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
lcd.h
lp.c [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
Makefile [APM] Add shared version of APM emulation 2007-02-09 17:08:57 +00:00
mbcs.c [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
mbcs.h
mem.c Revert "[PATCH] Fix up mmap_kmem" 2007-01-22 08:53:24 -08:00
misc.c [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
mmtimer.c [PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers 2006-12-07 08:39:35 -08:00
moxa.c [PATCH] Char: moxa, pci probing 2007-02-11 10:51:30 -08:00
mspec.c [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
mxser_new.c [PATCH] Char: mxser_new, fix sparse warning 2007-02-11 10:51:29 -08:00
mxser_new.h [PATCH] Char: mxser_new, upgrade to 1.9.15 2007-02-11 10:51:29 -08:00
mxser.c [PATCH] mxser: remove useless fields 2007-02-11 11:18:06 -08:00
mxser.h [PATCH] mxser: remove ambiguous redefinition of INIT_WORK 2007-02-11 10:51:25 -08:00
n_hdlc.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
n_r3964.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
n_tty.c [PATCH] tty: update the tty layer to work with struct pid 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
nsc_gpio.c [PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
nvram.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
nwbutton.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
nwbutton.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
nwflash.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
pc8736x_gpio.c [PATCH] drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c: remove unused static functions 2006-09-29 09:18:05 -07:00
ppdev.c [PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
pty.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
random.c [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
raw.c [PATCH] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor number 0 2007-02-11 10:51:34 -08:00
riscom8_reg.h
riscom8.c [PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
riscom8.h
rocket_int.h
rocket.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
rocket.h
rtc.c [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
scc.h
scx200_gpio.c [PATCH] scx200_gpio export cleanups 2006-09-29 09:18:06 -07:00
selection.c [PATCH] tty locking on resize 2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
ser_a2232.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
ser_a2232.h
ser_a2232fw.ax
ser_a2232fw.h
serial167.c [PATCH] Char: serial167, cleanup 2007-02-11 10:51:28 -08:00
snsc_event.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
snsc.c IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
snsc.h
sonypi.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
specialix_io8.h
specialix.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
stallion.c [PATCH] Char: stallion, use dynamic dev 2006-12-08 08:28:59 -08:00
sx.c [PATCH] sx: fix non-PCI build 2006-12-13 09:05:49 -08:00
sx.h [PATCH] Char: sx, request regions 2006-12-08 08:28:59 -08:00
sxboards.h
sxwindow.h
synclink_gt.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
synclink.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
synclinkmp.c [PATCH] Char: timers cleanup 2007-02-12 09:48:30 -08:00
sysrq.c [PATCH] Fix SAK_work workqueue initialization. 2007-02-13 16:07:36 -08:00
tb0219.c [PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
tipar.c [PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
tlclk.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
toshiba.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
tty_io.c [PATCH] Fix SAK_work workqueue initialization. 2007-02-13 16:07:36 -08:00
tty_ioctl.c [PATCH] tty: improve encode_baud_rate logic 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
vc_screen.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
viocons.c [POWERPC] iSeries: fix viocons init 2006-12-20 16:37:48 +11:00
viotape.c [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
vme_scc.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
vr41xx_giu.c [MIPS] Vr41xx: Fix after GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ change 2007-01-23 18:26:47 +00:00
vt_ioctl.c [PATCH] vt: refactor console SAK processing 2007-02-11 10:51:24 -08:00
vt.c [PATCH] Fix SAK_work workqueue initialization. 2007-02-13 16:07:36 -08:00