Remove "child" from code documentation in proc_sysctl.c. Child was replaced with a explicit size value in ctl header and there is no need to have it around in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 28 +++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 9e7e17dd6162..8dbc5b2316a5 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -1306,27 +1306,22 @@ static struct ctl_dir *sysctl_mkdir_p(struct ctl_dir *dir, const char *path) * __register_sysctl_table - register a leaf sysctl table * @set: Sysctl tree to register on * @path: The path to the directory the sysctl table is in. - * @table: the top-level table structure without any child. This table - * should not be free'd after registration. So it should not be - * used on stack. It can either be a global or dynamically allocated - * by the caller and free'd later after sysctl unregistration. + * + * @table: the top-level table structure. This table should not be free'd + * after registration. So it should not be used on stack. It can either + * be a global or dynamically allocated by the caller and free'd later + * after sysctl unregistration. * * Register a sysctl table hierarchy. @table should be a filled in ctl_table - * array. A completely 0 filled entry terminates the table. + * array. * * The members of the &struct ctl_table structure are used as follows: - * * procname - the name of the sysctl file under /proc/sys. Set to %NULL to not * enter a sysctl file - * - * data - a pointer to data for use by proc_handler - * - * maxlen - the maximum size in bytes of the data - * - * mode - the file permissions for the /proc/sys file - * - * child - must be %NULL. - * + * data - a pointer to data for use by proc_handler + * maxlen - the maximum size in bytes of the data + * mode - the file permissions for the /proc/sys file + * type - Defines the target type (described in struct definition) * proc_handler - the text handler routine (described below) * * extra1, extra2 - extra pointers usable by the proc handler routines @@ -1334,8 +1329,7 @@ static struct ctl_dir *sysctl_mkdir_p(struct ctl_dir *dir, const char *path) * [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/87zgpte9o4.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file - * under /proc; non-leaf nodes (where child is not NULL) are not allowed, - * sysctl_check_table() verifies this. + * under /proc; non-leaf nodes are not allowed. * * There must be a proc_handler routine for any terminal nodes. * Several default handlers are available to cover common cases - -- 2.30.2
