There is no need to declare an extra tables to just create directory, this can be easily be done with a prefix path with register_sysctl(). Simplify this registration. Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> --- If ia64 is not removed from the kernel feel free to take this or I can take it through sysctl-next. arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c | 11 +---------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c index 76730f34685c..88b3ce3e66cd 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c @@ -234,15 +234,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kdump_ctl_table[] = { }, { } }; - -static struct ctl_table sys_table[] = { - { - .procname = "kernel", - .mode = 0555, - .child = kdump_ctl_table, - }, - { } -}; #endif static int @@ -257,7 +248,7 @@ machine_crash_setup(void) if((ret = register_die_notifier(&kdump_init_notifier_nb)) != 0) return ret; #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL - register_sysctl_table(sys_table); + register_sysctl("kernel", kdump_ctl_table); #endif return 0; } -- 2.39.1