Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It gives false positive on kernel.pty.nr:
>
>       sysctl table check failed: /kernel/pty/nr .1.62.2 No data
>
> However, ->data is set in unix98_pty_init().

It's a race.  

Data isn't set until after we enable the sysctl subsystem.

In practice I doubt it matters but I think would rather fix
that one case (by using register_sysctl_table) then not have
the check.

Eric
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