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sysctl: Remove the last of the generic binary sysctl support 

Now that all of the users stopped using ctl_name and strategy it
is safe to remove the fields from struct ctl_table, and it is safe
to remove the stub strategy routines as well.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Eric W. Biederman 2009-04-03 05:36:01 -07:00
parent f8572d8f2a
commit 4739a9748e
2 changed files with 0 additions and 47 deletions
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include/linux/sysctl.h
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@ -1033,7 +1033,6 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
/* A sysctl table is an array of struct ctl_table: */
struct ctl_table
{
int ctl_name; /* Binary ID */
const char *procname; /* Text ID for /proc/sys, or zero */
void *data;
int maxlen;
@ -1041,7 +1040,6 @@ struct ctl_table
struct ctl_table *child;
struct ctl_table *parent; /* Automatically set */
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
ctl_handler *strategy; /* Callback function for all r/w */
void *extra1;
void *extra2;
};
@ -1075,7 +1073,6 @@ struct ctl_table_header
/* struct ctl_path describes where in the hierarchy a table is added */
struct ctl_path {
const char *procname;
int ctl_name;
};
void register_sysctl_root(struct ctl_table_root *root);

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kernel/sysctl.c
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@ -1699,8 +1699,6 @@ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q)
*
* The members of the &struct ctl_table structure are used as follows:
*
* ctl_name - Dead
*
* procname - the name of the sysctl file under /proc/sys. Set to %NULL to not
* enter a sysctl file
*
@ -1715,8 +1713,6 @@ static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q)
*
* proc_handler - the text handler routine (described below)
*
* strategy - Dead
*
* de - for internal use by the sysctl routines
*
* extra1, extra2 - extra pointers usable by the proc handler routines
@ -2639,41 +2635,6 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
int sysctl_data(struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}
int sysctl_string(struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}
int sysctl_intvec(struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}
int sysctl_jiffies(struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}
int sysctl_ms_jiffies(struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}
/*
* No sense putting this after each symbol definition, twice,
* exception granted :-)
@ -2688,9 +2649,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_doulongvec_minmax);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_table);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_paths);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_intvec);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_ms_jiffies);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_string);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_data);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_sysctl_table);