Thank you. This helps a lot. I will check it out.
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 5:04 PM Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 03:41:30PM +0530, Ravi Prakash Putchala wrote: > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:46 PM Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 01:14:24PM +0530, Ravi Prakash Putchala wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am exploring fs sysctl parameters and unable to find the reference > to > > > > fs.quota.warnings parameter in the kernel source code. I tried > searching > > > > with fs.quota.warnings (ignoring case) and also > sysctl_fs_quota_warnings. > > > > > > > > Could anyone please point me to the place in the kernel source where > this > > > > parameter is used? > > > > > > Look at the flag_print_warnings variable in fs/quota/dquot.c > > > > > > > Thank you. But how do I associate it with fs.quota.warnings? Asking > because > > this would be useful for me to associate other sysctl parameters in > > future. > > Step back a minute and think about how you create a sysctl entry. It's > with a call to register_sysctl_table(), right? And what is the > parameter of that function? It takes a table that describes the sysctl > directory structure. And from that you can see the different quota > sysctl entries and variables. > > Look at the sys_table and fs_table structures for that information, > understand how they work and then you will be able to find any sysctl > entry in the kernel source quite easily. > > hope this helps, > > greg k-h >
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