The patch titled
sysctl: remove the proc_dir_entry member for the sysctl tables
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables.patch
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Subject: sysctl: remove the proc_dir_entry member for the sysctl tables
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
It isn't needed anymore, all of the users are gone, and all of the ctl_table
initializers have been converted to use explicit names of the fields they are
initializing.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 1 -
net/decnet/dn_dev.c | 5 -----
net/ipv4/devinet.c | 5 -----
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 5 -----
4 files changed, 16 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables include/linux/sysctl.h
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables
+++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@ struct ctl_table
ctl_table *child;
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
ctl_handler *strategy; /* Callback function for all r/w */
- struct proc_dir_entry *de; /* /proc control block */
void *extra1;
void *extra2;
};
diff -puN net/decnet/dn_dev.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables net/decnet/dn_dev.c
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables
+++ a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static void dn_dev_sysctl_register(struc
for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(t->dn_dev_vars) - 1; i++) {
long offset = (long)t->dn_dev_vars[i].data;
t->dn_dev_vars[i].data = ((char *)parms) + offset;
- t->dn_dev_vars[i].de = NULL;
}
if (dev) {
@@ -273,13 +272,9 @@ static void dn_dev_sysctl_register(struc
}
t->dn_dev_dev[0].child = t->dn_dev_vars;
- t->dn_dev_dev[0].de = NULL;
t->dn_dev_conf_dir[0].child = t->dn_dev_dev;
- t->dn_dev_conf_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->dn_dev_proto_dir[0].child = t->dn_dev_conf_dir;
- t->dn_dev_proto_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->dn_dev_root_dir[0].child = t->dn_dev_proto_dir;
- t->dn_dev_root_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->dn_dev_vars[0].extra1 = (void *)dev;
t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->dn_dev_root_dir);
diff -puN net/ipv4/devinet.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables net/ipv4/devinet.c
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables
+++ a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,6 @@ static void devinet_sysctl_register(stru
return;
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(t->devinet_vars) - 1; i++) {
t->devinet_vars[i].data += (char *)p - (char *)&ipv4_devconf;
- t->devinet_vars[i].de = NULL;
}
if (dev) {
@@ -1594,13 +1593,9 @@ static void devinet_sysctl_register(stru
t->devinet_dev[0].procname = dev_name;
t->devinet_dev[0].child = t->devinet_vars;
- t->devinet_dev[0].de = NULL;
t->devinet_conf_dir[0].child = t->devinet_dev;
- t->devinet_conf_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->devinet_proto_dir[0].child = t->devinet_conf_dir;
- t->devinet_proto_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->devinet_root_dir[0].child = t->devinet_proto_dir;
- t->devinet_root_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->devinet_root_dir);
if (!t->sysctl_header)
diff -puN net/ipv6/addrconf.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables net/ipv6/addrconf.c
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c~sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables
+++ a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3978,7 +3978,6 @@ static void addrconf_sysctl_register(str
return;
for (i=0; t->addrconf_vars[i].data; i++) {
t->addrconf_vars[i].data += (char*)p - (char*)&ipv6_devconf;
- t->addrconf_vars[i].de = NULL;
t->addrconf_vars[i].extra1 = idev; /* embedded; no ref */
}
if (dev) {
@@ -4001,13 +4000,9 @@ static void addrconf_sysctl_register(str
t->addrconf_dev[0].procname = dev_name;
t->addrconf_dev[0].child = t->addrconf_vars;
- t->addrconf_dev[0].de = NULL;
t->addrconf_conf_dir[0].child = t->addrconf_dev;
- t->addrconf_conf_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->addrconf_proto_dir[0].child = t->addrconf_conf_dir;
- t->addrconf_proto_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->addrconf_root_dir[0].child = t->addrconf_proto_dir;
- t->addrconf_root_dir[0].de = NULL;
t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->addrconf_root_dir);
if (t->sysctl_header == NULL)
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