This is part of the general push to deprecate register_sysctl_paths and
register_sysctl_table. Parport driver uses the "CHILD" pointer
in the ctl_table structure to create its directory structure. We move to
the newer register_sysctl call and remove the pointer madness.
I have separated the parport into 5 patches to clarify the different
changes needed for the 3 calls to register_sysctl_paths. I can squash
them together if need be.
We no longer export the register_sysctl_table call as parport was the
last user from outside proc_sysctl.c. Also modified documentation slightly
so register_sysctl_table is no longer mentioned.
V2:
* Added a return error value when register fails
* Made sure to free the memory on error when calling parport_proc_register
* Added a bloat-o-meter output to measure bloat
* Replaced kmalloc with kzalloc
* Added comments about testing
* Improved readability when using snprintf
Best
Joel
Joel Granados (6):
parport: Move magic number "15" to a define
parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from parport_proc_register
parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from
parport_device_proc_register
parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from
parport_default_proc_register
parport: Removed sysctl related defines
sysctl: stop exporting register_sysctl_table
drivers/parport/procfs.c | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
drivers/parport/share.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 5 +-
include/linux/parport.h | 2 +
include/linux/sysctl.h | 8 +-
5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
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