[PATCH] sysctl: implement CTL_UNNUMBERED

This patch takes the CTL_UNNUMBERD concept from NFS and makes it available to
all new sysctl users.

At the same time the sysctl binary interface maintenance documentation is
updated to mention and to describe what is needed to successfully maintain the
sysctl binary interface.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Eric W. Biederman 2006-11-05 23:52:13 -08:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 7cc13edc13
3 changed files with 11 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockd_down);
* Sysctl parameters (same as module parameters, different interface).
*/
/* Something that isn't CTL_ANY, CTL_NONE or a value that may clash. */
#define CTL_UNNUMBERED -2
static ctl_table nlm_sysctls[] = {
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,