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* [VLAN]: Avoid a 4-order allocation.Dan Aloni2007-03-031-10/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch splits the vlan_group struct into a multi-allocated struct. On x86_64, the size of the original struct is a little more than 32KB, causing a 4-order allocation, which is prune to problems caused by buddy-system external fragmentation conditions. I couldn't just use vmalloc() because vfree() cannot be called in the softirq context of the RCU callback. Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NetLabel]: Verify sensitivity level has a valid CIPSO mappingPaul Moore2007-03-031-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current CIPSO engine has a problem where it does not verify that the given sensitivity level has a valid CIPSO mapping when the "std" CIPSO DOI type is used. The end result is that bad packets are sent on the wire which should have never been sent in the first place. This patch corrects this problem by verifying the sensitivity level mapping similar to what is done with the category mapping. This patch also changes the returned error code in this case to -EPERM to better match what the category mapping verification code returns. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [AF_UNIX]: Test against sk_max_ack_backlog properly.David S. Miller2007-03-031-3/+3
| | | | | | | This brings things inline with the sk_acceptq_is_full() bug fix. The limit test should be x >= sk_max_ack_backlog. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [TCP]: Fix minisock tcp_create_openreq_child() typo.Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo2007-02-281-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On 2/28/07, KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@balabit.hu> wrote: > > Hi, > > While reading TCP minisock code I've found this suspiciously looking > code fragment: > > - 8< - > struct sock *tcp_create_openreq_child(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req, struct sk_buff *skb) > { > struct sock *newsk = inet_csk_clone(sk, req, GFP_ATOMIC); > > if (newsk != NULL) { > const struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req); > struct tcp_request_sock *treq = tcp_rsk(req); > struct inet_connection_sock *newicsk = inet_csk(sk); > struct tcp_sock *newtp; > - 8< - > > The above code initializes newicsk to inet_csk(sk), isn't that supposed > to be inet_csk(newsk)? As far as I can tell this might leave > icsk_ack.last_seg_size zero even if we do have received data. Good catch! David, please apply the attached patch. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NET]: Fix kfree(skb)Patrick McHardy2007-02-284-4/+4
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NET]: Handle disabled preemption in gfp_any()Patrick McHardy2007-02-281-2/+1Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ctnetlink uses netlink_unicast from an atomic_notifier_chain (which is called within a RCU read side critical section) without holding further locks. netlink_unicast calls netlink_trim with the result of gfp_any() for the gfp flags, which are passed down to pskb_expand_header. gfp_any() only checks for softirq context and returns GFP_KERNEL, resulting in this warning: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:3032 in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 no locks held by rmmod/7010. Call Trace: [<ffffffff8109467f>] debug_show_held_locks+0x9/0xb [<ffffffff8100b0b4>] __might_sleep+0xd9/0xdb [<ffffffff810b5082>] __kmalloc+0x68/0x110 [<ffffffff811ba8f2>] pskb_expand_head+0x4d/0x13b [<ffffffff81053147>] netlink_broadcast+0xa5/0x2e0 [<ffffffff881cd1d7>] :nfnetlink:nfnetlink_send+0x83/0x8a [<ffffffff8834f6a6>] :nf_conntrack_netlink:ctnetlink_conntrack_event+0x94c/0x96a [<ffffffff810624d6>] notifier_call_chain+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff8106251d>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x32/0x60 [<ffffffff881d266d>] :nf_conntrack:destroy_conntrack+0xa5/0x1d3 [<ffffffff881d194e>] :nf_conntrack:nf_ct_cleanup+0x8c/0x12c [<ffffffff881d4614>] :nf_conntrack:kill_l3proto+0x0/0x13 [<ffffffff881d482a>] :nf_conntrack:nf_conntrack_l3proto_unregister+0x90/0x94 [<ffffffff883551b3>] :nf_conntrack_ipv4:nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_fini+0x2b/0x5d [<ffffffff8109d44f>] sys_delete_module+0x1b5/0x1e6 [<ffffffff8105f245>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x37 [<ffffffff8105911e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Since netlink_unicast is supposed to be callable from within RCU read side critical sections, make gfp_any() check for in_atomic() instead of in_softirq(). Additionally nfnetlink_send needs to use gfp_any() as well for the call to netlink_broadcast). Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [BRIDGE]: Fix locking of set path cost.Stephen Hemminger2007-02-281-2/+1Star
| | | | | | | | | | This change goes with earlier change to get rid of work queue for path cost. Now stp_set_path_cost does its own locking. This is to allow it to call br_path_cost() which calls ethtool interfaces (might sleep). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV6]: /proc/net/anycast6 unbalanced inet6_dev refcntDavid Stevens2007-02-281-0/+1
| | | | | | | | Reading /proc/net/anycast6 when there is no anycast address on an interface results in an ever-increasing inet6_dev reference count, as well as a reference to the netdevice you can't get rid of. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPX]: Remove ancient changelogRolf Eike Beer2007-02-281-101/+0Star
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPX]: Remove outdated information from KconfigRolf Eike Beer2007-02-281-5/+1Star
| | | | | | | | SPX was removed in early 2.5. How to connect to a Mac or the other OS isn't hard to find out these days. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV6]: anycast refcnt fixMichal Wrobel2007-02-281-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a bug in Linux IPv6 stack which caused anycast address to be added to a device prior DAD has been completed. This led to incorrect reference count which resulted in infinite wait for unregister_netdevice completion on interface removal. Signed-off-by: Michal Wrobel <xmxwx@asn.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [XFRM] xfrm_user: Fix return values of xfrm_add_sa_expire.David S. Miller2007-02-281-3/+3
| | | | | | | As noted by Kent Yoder, this function will always return an error. Make sure it returns zero on success. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [XFRM]: Fix oops in xfrm4_dst_destroy()Bernhard Walle2007-02-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With 2.6.21-rc1, I get an oops when running 'ifdown eth0' and an IPsec connection is active. If I shut down the connection before running 'ifdown eth0', then there's no problem. The critical operation of this script is to kill dhcpd. The problem is probably caused by commit with git identifier 4337226228e1cfc1d70ee975789c6bd070fb597c (Linus tree) "[IPSEC]: IPv4 over IPv6 IPsec tunnel". This patch fixes that oops. I don't know the network code of the Linux kernel in deep, so if that fix is wrong, please change it. But please fix the oops. :) Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [XFRM_TUNNEL]: Reload header pointer after pskb_may_pull/pskb_expand_headArnaldo Carvalho de Melo2007-02-261-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | Please consider applying, this was found on your latest net-2.6 tree while playing around with that ip_hdr() + turn skb->nh/h/mac pointers as offsets on 64 bits idea :-) Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV4]: Use random32() in net/ipv4/multipathJoe Perches2007-02-262-29/+4Star
| | | | | | | Removed local random number generator function Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [BRIDGE]: eliminate workqueue for carrier checkStephen Hemminger2007-02-263-42/+17Star
| | | | | | | | | Having a work queue for checking carrier leads to lots of race issues. Simpler to just get the cost when data structure is created and update on change. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [BRIDGE]: get rid of miscdevice includeStephen Hemminger2007-02-261-1/+0Star
| | | | | | | The bridge hasn't used miscdevice for a long long time. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV6]: Fix __ipv6_addr_type() export in correct place.David S. Miller2007-02-262-1/+1
| | | | | | It needs to be in net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV4] devinet: Register inetdev earlier.Herbert Xu2007-02-261-3/+5
| | | | | | | | | | This patch allocates inetdev at registration for all devices in line with IPv6. This allows sysctl configuration on the devices to occur before they're brought up or addresses are added. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
* [IPV6] ADDRCONF: Register inet6_dev earlier.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki2007-02-261-0/+8
| | | | | | Allocate inet6_dev earlier to allow users to set up per-interface variables. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
* [IPV6] ADDRCONF: Manage prefix route corresponding to address manually added.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki2007-02-261-8/+14
| | | | | | | | | It is more natural to manage prefix routes corresponding to address which is being added manually. With help from Masafumi Aramoto <aramoto@linux-ipv6.org>. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
* [IPV6] IP6TUNNEL: Use update_pmtu() of dst on xmit.Yasuyuki Kozakai2007-02-261-5/+2Star
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
* [IPV6] ADDRCONF: Statically link __ipv6_addr_type() for sunrpc subsystem.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki2007-02-263-69/+76
| | | | | | | Link __ipv6_addr_type() statically for sunrpc code even if IPv6 is built as module. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hidaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
* [IPV4]: Correct links in net/ipv4/KconfigBaruch Even2007-02-261-2/+2
| | | | | | | Correct dead/indirect links in net/ipv4/Kconfig Signed-off-by: Baruch Even <baruch@ev-en.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [SCTP]: Strike the transport before updating rto.Vlad Yasevich2007-02-261-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Once we reach a point where we exceed the max.path.retrans, strike the transport before updating the rto. This will force transport switch at the right time, instead of 1 retransmit too late. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [SCTP]: Fix connection hang/slowdown with PR-SCTPVlad Yasevich2007-02-261-5/+22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The problem that this patch corrects happens when all of the following conditions are satisfisfied: 1. PR-SCTP is used and the timeout on the chunks is set below RTO.Max. 2. One of the paths on a multihomed associations is brought down. In this scenario, data will expire within the rto of the initial transmission and will never be retransmitted. However this data still fills the send buffer and is counted against the association as outstanding data. This causes any new data not to be sent and retransmission to not happen. The fix is to discount the abandoned data from the outstanding count and peers rwnd estimation. This allows new data to be sent and a retransmission timer restarted. Even though this new data will most likely expire within the rto, the timer still counts as a strike against the transport and forces the FORWARD-TSN chunk to be retransmitted as well. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [TCP]: Fix MD5 signature pool locking.David S. Miller2007-02-261-12/+12
| | | | | | | | | The locking calls assumed that these code paths were only invoked in software interrupt context, but that isn't true. Therefore we need to use spin_{lock,unlock}_bh() throughout. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [AF_PACKET]: Remove unnecessary casts.Jason Lunz2007-02-261-8/+5Star
| | | | | | | | | | packet_lookup_frame() always returns tpacket_hdr*, so there's no reason to return char* and require casting by callers. Also, remove a cast of void*. Signed-off-by: Jason Lunz <lunz@falooley.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPV6]: Adjust inet6_exit() cleanup sequence against inet6_init()Joe Jin2007-02-261-10/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch for adjust inet6_exit() to inverse sequence to inet6_init(). At ipv6_init, it first create proc_root/net/dev_snmp6 entry by call ipv6_misc_proc_init(), then call addrconf_init() to create the corresponding device entry at this directory, but at inet6_exit, ipv6_misc_proc_exit() called first, then call addrconf_init(). Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IPSEC]: More fix is needed for __xfrm6_bundle_create().Noriaki TAKAMIYA2007-02-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | Fixed to set fl_tunnel.fl6_src correctly in xfrm6_bundle_create(). Signed-off-by: Noriaki TAKAMIYA <takamiya@po.ntts.co.jp> Acked-by: Masahide NAKAMURA <nakam@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [IRDA] net/irda/: proper prototypesAdrian Bunk2007-02-261-13/+0Star
| | | | | | | | This patch adds proper prototypes for some functions in include/net/irda/irda.h Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [Bluetooth] Make use of device_move() for RFCOMM TTY devicesMarcel Holtmann2007-02-261-1/+8
| | | | | | | | | In the case of bound RFCOMM TTY devices the parent is not available before its usage. So when opening a RFCOMM TTY device, move it to the corresponding ACL device as a child. When closing the device, move it back to the virtual device tree. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
* [Bluetooth] Add open and close callbacks for HID deviceMarcel Holtmann2007-02-261-0/+12
| | | | | | | | The open and close callbacks for the HID device are not optional, but for the Bluetooth HID report mode support it is enough to add empty dummy callbacks. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
* [Bluetooth] Add support for using the HID subsystemMarcel Holtmann2007-02-263-9/+164
| | | | | | | This patch extends the current Bluetooth HID support to use the new HID subsystem and adds full report mode support. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
* [Bluetooth] Fix wrong put_user() from HIDP compat ioctl patchMarcel Holtmann2007-02-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | The compat ioctl patch copied the parser version field into the report descriptor size field by mistake. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
* [PATCH] Convert highest_possible_processor_id to nr_cpu_idsChristoph Lameter2007-02-212-7/+4Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We frequently need the maximum number of possible processors in order to allocate arrays for all processors. So far this was done using highest_possible_processor_id(). However, we do need the number of processors not the highest id. Moreover the number was so far dynamically calculated on each invokation. The number of possible processors does not change when the system is running. We can therefore calculate that number once. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Replace highest_possible_node_id() with nr_node_idsChristoph Lameter2007-02-211-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | highest_possible_node_id() is currently used to calculate the last possible node idso that the network subsystem can figure out how to size per node arrays. I think having the ability to determine the maximum amount of nodes in a system at runtime is useful but then we should name this entry correspondingly, it should return the number of node_ids, and the the value needs to be setup only once on bootup. The node_possible_map does not change after bootup. This patch introduces nr_node_ids and replaces the use of highest_possible_node_id(). nr_node_ids is calculated on bootup when the page allocators pagesets are initialized. [deweerdt@free.fr: fix oops] Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'upstream-jgarzik' of ↵Jeff Garzik2007-02-202-18/+6Star
|\ | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6 into upstream
| * Merge branch 'upstream' into upstream-jgarzikJohn W. Linville2007-02-182-18/+6Star
| |\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
| | * [PATCH] ieee80211softmac: Fix setting of initial transmit ratesLarry Finger2007-02-142-18/+6Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There is a bug in ieee80211softmac that always sets the user rate to 11Mbs, no matter the capabilities of the device. This bug was probably beneficial as long as the bcm43xx cards were rate limited; however, most are now capable of relatively high speeds. This patch fixes that bug and eliminates an assert that is no longer needed. Once the cards are capable of full OFDM speeds, the 24 Mbs rate will be changed to 54 Mbs. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | | Merge branch 'audit.b37' of ↵Linus Torvalds2007-02-191-13/+39
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current * 'audit.b37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current: [PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIR [PATCH] audit config lockdown [PATCH] minor update to rule add/delete messages (ver 2)
| * | | [PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIRAl Viro2007-02-181-13/+39
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Provide an audit record of the descriptor pair returned by pipe() and socketpair(). Rewritten from the original posted to linux-audit by John D. Ramsdell <ramsdell@mitre.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* | | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds2007-02-192-2/+2
|\ \ \ \ | |_|/ / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (25 commits) Documentation/kernel-docs.txt update. arch/cris: typo in KERN_INFO Storage class should be before const qualifier kernel/printk.c: comment fix update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS. Remove duplicate listing of Cris arch from README kbuild: more doc. cleanups doc: make doc. for maxcpus= more visible drivers/net/eexpress.c: remove duplicate comment add a help text for BLK_DEV_GENERIC correct a dead URL in the IP_MULTICAST help text fix the BAYCOM_SER_HDX help text fix SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC help text trivial documentation patch for platform.txt Fix typos concerning hierarchy Fix comment typo "spin_lock_irqrestore". Fix misspellings of "agressive". drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c: trivial typo patch Correct trivial typo in log2.h. Remove useless FIND_FIRST_BIT() macro from cardbus.c. ...
| * | | correct a dead URL in the IP_MULTICAST help textAdrian Bunk2007-02-171-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reported in kernel Bugzilla #6216. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
| * | | Various typo fixes.Robert P. J. Day2007-02-171-1/+1
| |/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Correct mis-spellings of "algorithm", "appear", "consistent" and (shame, shame) "kernel". Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* | | Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik2007-02-17199-539/+764
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| * | [PATCH] sysctl: remove the proc_dir_entry member for the sysctl tablesEric W. Biederman2007-02-143-15/+0Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It isn't needed anymore, all of the users are gone, and all of the ctl_table initializers have been converted to use explicit names of the fields they are initializing. [akpm@osdl.org: NTFS fix] Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| * | [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctlEric W. Biederman2007-02-1430-32/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| * | [PATCH] sysctl: atalk: remove unnecessary insert_at_head flagEric W. Biederman2007-02-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| * | [PATCH] sysctl: ax25: remove unnecessary insert_at_head flagEric W. Biederman2007-02-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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