From 2be7fe075af8f8ba9c8b8ab0feec4ba4fff04979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:41:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] sysctl.c: add text telling people to use CTL_UNNUMBERED
Hopefully this will help people to understand the new regime.
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2cce2286bdcda..7dca326648d56 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ static ctl_table root_table[] = {
.mode = 0555,
.child = dev_table,
},
-
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
+ * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
+ */
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
@@ -992,6 +995,14 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.extra1 = &zero,
},
#endif
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
+ * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
+ */
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
+ * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
+ */
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
@@ -1132,6 +1143,14 @@ static ctl_table fs_table[] = {
.child = binfmt_misc_table,
},
#endif
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
+ * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
+ */
+/*
+ * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
+ * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
+ */
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
--
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