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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2006-11-05 23:52:13 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-11-06 01:46:23 -0800
commit7cc13edc139108bb527b692f0548dce6bc648572 (patch)
treec16b96e5f461068571a1b82890a2291522022e1d
parentd99f160ac53e51090f015a8f0617cea25f81a191 (diff)
[PATCH] sysctl: implement CTL_UNNUMBERED
This patch takes the CTL_UNNUMBERD concept from NFS and makes it available to all new sysctl users. At the same time the sysctl binary interface maintenance documentation is updated to mention and to describe what is needed to successfully maintain the sysctl binary interface. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/lockd/svc.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/sysctl.c5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h14
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 634139232aaf..8ca18085e68d 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockd_down);
* Sysctl parameters (same as module parameters, different interface).
*/
-/* Something that isn't CTL_ANY, CTL_NONE or a value that may clash. */
-#define CTL_UNNUMBERED -2
-
static ctl_table nlm_sysctls[] = {
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
index 2fe3403c2409..3ea50ac64820 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
static const int nfs_set_port_min = 0;
static const int nfs_set_port_max = 65535;
static struct ctl_table_header *nfs_callback_sysctl_table;
-/*
- * Something that isn't CTL_ANY, CTL_NONE or a value that may clash.
- * Use the same values as fs/lockd/svc.c
- */
-#define CTL_UNNUMBERED -2
static ctl_table nfs_cb_sysctls[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index c184732a70fc..d98562f1df76 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
**
+ ** WARNING:
** The values in this file are exported to user space via
- ** the sysctl() binary interface. However this interface
- ** is unstable and deprecated and will be removed in the future.
- ** For a stable interface use /proc/sys.
+ ** the sysctl() binary interface. Do *NOT* change the
+ ** numbering of any existing values here, and do not change
+ ** any numbers within any one set of values. If you have to
+ ** have to redefine an existing interface, use a new number for it.
+ ** The kernel will then return -ENOTDIR to any application using
+ ** the old binary interface.
+ **
+ ** For new interfaces unless you really need a binary number
+ ** please use CTL_UNNUMBERED.
**
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ struct __sysctl_args {
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#define CTL_ANY -1 /* Matches any name */
#define CTL_NONE 0
+#define CTL_UNNUMBERED CTL_NONE /* sysctl without a binary number */
#endif
enum