The patch titled Subject: sysctl: add register_sysctl() dummy helper has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Subject: sysctl: add register_sysctl() dummy helper register_sysctl() has been around for five years with commit fea478d4101a ("sysctl: Add register_sysctl for normal sysctl users") but now that arm64 started using it, I ran into a compile error: arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c: In function 'register_insn_emulation_sysctl': arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c:257:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'register_sysctl' This adds a inline function like we already have for register_sysctl_paths() and register_sysctl_table(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171106133700.558647-1-arnd@xxxxxxxx Fixes: 38b9aeb32fa7 ("arm64: Port deprecated instruction emulation to new sysctl interface") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alex Benne <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper include/linux/sysctl.h --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper +++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ static inline struct ctl_table_header *r return NULL; } +static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table) +{ + return NULL; +} + static inline void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * table) { } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from arnd@xxxxxxxx are sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch iopoll-avoid-wint-in-bool-context-warning.patch initramfs-use-time64_t-timestamps.patch pcmcia-badge4-avoid-unused-function-warning.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html