The patch titled
Get rid of /proc/sys/proc
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: Get rid of /proc/sys/proc
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
The table is empty, why does it still exist?
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 +---
kernel/sysctl.c | 11 -----------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc include/linux/sysctl.h
--- devel/include/linux/sysctl.h~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc 2006-06-08 00:15:58.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/include/linux/sysctl.h 2006-06-08 00:15:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum
CTL_KERN=1, /* General kernel info and control */
CTL_VM=2, /* VM management */
CTL_NET=3, /* Networking */
- CTL_PROC=4, /* Process info */
+ /* was CTL_PROC */
CTL_FS=5, /* Filesystems */
CTL_DEBUG=6, /* Debugging */
CTL_DEV=7, /* Devices */
@@ -771,8 +771,6 @@ enum {
NET_BRIDGE_NF_FILTER_VLAN_TAGGED = 4,
};
-/* CTL_PROC names: */
-
/* CTL_FS names: */
enum
{
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc kernel/sysctl.c
--- devel/kernel/sysctl.c~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc 2006-06-08 00:15:58.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/kernel/sysctl.c 2006-06-08 00:15:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static struct ctl_table_header root_tabl
static ctl_table kern_table[];
static ctl_table vm_table[];
-static ctl_table proc_table[];
static ctl_table fs_table[];
static ctl_table debug_table[];
static ctl_table dev_table[];
@@ -205,12 +204,6 @@ static ctl_table root_table[] = {
},
#endif
{
- .ctl_name = CTL_PROC,
- .procname = "proc",
- .mode = 0555,
- .child = proc_table,
- },
- {
.ctl_name = CTL_FS,
.procname = "fs",
.mode = 0555,
@@ -967,10 +960,6 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
-static ctl_table proc_table[] = {
- { .ctl_name = 0 }
-};
-
static ctl_table fs_table[] = {
{
.ctl_name = FS_NRINODE,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from shemminger@xxxxxxxx are
git-net.patch
get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc.patch
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