On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 07:38:21PM +0100, Dave P Martin wrote: > Currently, armv8_deprected.c takes charge of the "abi" sysctl > directory, which makes life difficult for other code that wants to > register sysctls in the same directory. > > There is a "new" [1] sysctl registration interface that removes the > need to define ctl_tables for parent directories explicitly, which > is ideal here. > > This patch ports register_insn_emulation_sysctl() over to the > register_sysctl() interface and removes the redundant ctl_table for > "abi". > > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx> > > [1] fea478d4101a (sysctl: Add register_sysctl for normal sysctl > users) > The commit message notes an intent to port users of the > pre-existing interfaces over to register_sysctl(), though the > number of users of the new interface currently appears negligible. > --- > arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c | 15 +++------------ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
