Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6703ddfcce61ad66db606085a8d42dcab264f840 Commit: 6703ddfcce61ad66db606085a8d42dcab264f840 Parent: 2abc26fc6b6f60fc70d6957b842ef4e5f805df7b Author: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Wed Feb 14 00:34:07 2007 -0800 Committer: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Wed Feb 14 08:09:59 2007 -0800
[PATCH] sysctl: remove support for CTL_ANY There are currently no users in the kernel for CTL_ANY and it only has effect on the binary interface which is practically unused. So this complicates sysctl lookups for no good reason so just remove it. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 1 - kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h index 5b8af90..51acdec 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct __sysctl_args { /* For internal pattern-matching use only: */ #ifdef __KERNEL__ -#define CTL_ANY -1 /* Matches any name */ #define CTL_NONE 0 #define CTL_UNNUMBERED CTL_NONE /* sysctl without a binary number */ #endif diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index fc2ce3d..48708a7 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ repeat: for ( ; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) { if (!table->ctl_name) continue; - if (n == table->ctl_name || table->ctl_name == CTL_ANY) { + if (n == table->ctl_name) { int error; if (table->child) { if (ctl_perm(table, 001)) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html