Luis Chamberlain <mcg...@kernel.org> writes:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 06:52:35AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Luis Chamberlain <mcg...@kernel.org> writes:
>>
>> > +static struct ctl_table fs_base_table[] = {
>> > + {
>> > + .procname = "fs",
>> > + .mode = 0555,
>> > + .child = fs_table,
>> > + },
>> > + { }
>> > +};
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You don't need this at all.
>> > > +static int __init fs_procsys_init(void)
>> > +{
>> > + struct ctl_table_header *hdr;
>> > +
>> > + hdr = register_sysctl_table(fs_base_table);
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please use register_sysctl instead.
>> AKA
>> hdr = register_sysctl("fs", fs_table);
>
> Ah, much cleaner thanks!
It is my hope you we can get rid of register_sysctl_table one of these
days. It was the original interface but today it is just a
compatibility wrapper.
I unfortunately ran out of steam last time before I finished converting
everything over.
Eric
