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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/sysctl-2.6

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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/sysctl-2.6: (43 commits)
  security/tomoyo: Remove now unnecessary handling of security_sysctl.
  security/tomoyo: Add a special case to handle accesses through the internal proc mount.
  sysctl: Drop & in front of every proc_handler.
  sysctl: Remove CTL_NONE and CTL_UNNUMBERED
  sysctl: kill dead ctl_handler definitions.
  sysctl: Remove the last of the generic binary sysctl support
  sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl code
  sysctl security/tomoyo: Don't look at ctl_name
  sysctl arm: Remove binary sysctl support
  sysctl x86: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl sh: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl powerpc: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl ia64: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl s390: Remove dead sysctl binary support
  sysctl frv: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl mips/lasat: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl drivers: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl crypto: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl security/keys: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic
  ...
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Linus Torvalds
2009-12-08 07:38:50 -08:00
parent 6ec22f9b03 c656ae95d1
commit 1557d33007
135 changed files with 2183 additions and 4748 deletions
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include/linux/sysctl.h
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@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
** 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.
**
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
*/
@@ -50,12 +47,6 @@ struct __sysctl_args {
/* Top-level names: */
/* For internal pattern-matching use only: */
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#define CTL_NONE 0
#define CTL_UNNUMBERED CTL_NONE /* sysctl without a binary number */
#endif
enum
{
CTL_KERN=1, /* General kernel info and control */
@@ -972,10 +963,6 @@ extern int sysctl_perm(struct ctl_table_root *root,
typedef struct ctl_table ctl_table;
typedef int ctl_handler (struct ctl_table *table,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen);
typedef int proc_handler (struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
@@ -996,21 +983,10 @@ extern int proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
extern int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
extern int do_sysctl (int __user *name, int nlen,
void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
void __user *newval, size_t newlen);
extern ctl_handler sysctl_data;
extern ctl_handler sysctl_string;
extern ctl_handler sysctl_intvec;
extern ctl_handler sysctl_jiffies;
extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
/*
* Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
* with an initialised array of struct ctl_table's. An entry with zero
* ctl_name and NULL procname terminates the table. table->de will be
* with an initialised array of struct ctl_table's. An entry with
* NULL procname terminates the table. table->de will be
* set up by the registration and need not be initialised in advance.
*
* sysctl names can be mirrored automatically under /proc/sys. The
@@ -1023,24 +999,11 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
* under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. A
* null procname disables /proc mirroring at this node.
*
* sysctl entries with a zero ctl_name will not be available through
* the binary sysctl interface.
*
* sysctl(2) can automatically manage read and write requests through
* the sysctl table. The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table
* struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be
* performed, and the mode field allows minimal authentication.
*
* More sophisticated management can be enabled by the provision of a
* strategy routine with the table entry. This will be called before
* any automatic read or write of the data is performed.
*
* The strategy routine may return:
* <0: Error occurred (error is passed to user process)
* 0: OK - proceed with automatic read or write.
* >0: OK - read or write has been done by the strategy routine, so
* return immediately.
*
* There must be a proc_handler routine for any terminal nodes
* mirrored under /proc/sys (non-terminals are handled by a built-in
* directory handler). Several default handlers are available to
@@ -1050,7 +1013,6 @@ 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;
@@ -1058,7 +1020,6 @@ 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;
};
@@ -1092,7 +1053,6 @@ 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);