On 2013-12-02 21:32, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli <kreij...@libero.it> > wrote: >> currently systemd contains a sysctl default setting in a file called >> 50-default.conf >> The aim of this patch is to split the content of the sysctl setting in >> more files to allow a more selective override. >> >> My need is to enable all the sysrq key. Instead systemd defaults is to >> disallow all sysrq keys except the sync one [1]. >> To do that, I would have to override the sysctl file >> /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf file, >> putting a file with the same name in >> /etc/sysctl.d >> However this file contains other settings than the one which I want to >> override; so I would lost any update of these other settings made by >> upstream. >> >> With this patch I am able to override only the setting related to the sysrq. > > You should be able to overwrite individual settings just fine. I don't > think this is needed.
What happens if the same sysctl is present is in two files: the value is written two times, or systemd-sysctl is smart enough to write only the last one ? I have to point out that I spent some time to find who changed this setting when I installed systemd. A more explicit name file would helped. > >> create mode 100644 sysctl.d/50-default_kernel_sysrq.conf > > We usually don't do "_" in file names. :) Just for curiosity: there is a rationale or it is a convention (I am fine with removing "_", but I am curious about the reason) > > Kay > _______________________________________________ > systemd-devel mailing list > systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel > -- gpg @keyserver.linux.it: Goffredo Baroncelli (kreijackATinwind.it> Key fingerprint BBF5 1610 0B64 DAC6 5F7D 17B2 0EDA 9B37 8B82 E0B5 _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
