linux/drivers
Eric W. Biederman 0b4d414714 [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl
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>
2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
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acorn [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
acpi [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
amba
ata [PATCH] scheduled removal of SA_XXX interrupt flags: ata fix 2007-02-14 08:09:55 -08:00
atm [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
auxdisplay [PATCH] drivers: add LCD support 2007-02-11 10:51:24 -08:00
base [PATCH] Drop __get_zone_counts() 2007-02-11 10:51:18 -08:00
block [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
bluetooth [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
cdrom [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
char [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
clocksource [PATCH] clocksource: small cleanup 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
connector [PATCH] connector: some fixes for ia64 unaligned access errors 2007-01-05 23:55:29 -08:00
cpufreq [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
crypto [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
dio
dma [PATCH] slab: remove SLAB_KERNEL 2006-12-07 08:39:24 -08:00
edac [PATCH] EDAC: Add Fully-Buffered DIMM APIs to core 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
eisa
fc4 [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
firmware [PATCH] docbook: add edd firmware interfaces 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
hid [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
hwmon i2c/vt8231: Remove superfluous initialization 2007-02-13 22:08:58 +01:00
i2c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
ide [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
infiniband [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
input [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2 2007-02-14 08:09:55 -08:00
isdn [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
kvm [PATCH] KVM: Host suspend/resume support 2007-02-12 09:48:41 -08:00
leds [PATCH] Fix leds-s3c24xx hardware.h reference 2007-01-05 23:55:21 -08:00
macintosh [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
mca
md [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
media [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
message [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
mfd [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
misc [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
mmc [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
mtd [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2 2007-02-14 08:09:55 -08:00
net [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
nubus
oprofile [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 5 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
parisc [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
parport [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
pci [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
pcmcia [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
pnp [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 5 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
ps3 [PATCH] ps3: disable display flipping during mode changes 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
rapidio [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
rtc [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
s390 [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
sbus [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
scsi [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
serial [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
sh
sn [PATCH] IOC3/IOC4: PCI mem space resources 2007-02-11 10:51:25 -08:00
spi [PATCH] SPI: atmel_spi driver 2007-02-14 08:09:53 -08:00
tc [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
telephony [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
usb [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
video [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
w1 [PATCH] w1: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro when appropriate 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
zorro [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 6 2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
Kconfig [PATCH] drivers: add LCD support 2007-02-11 10:51:24 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] drivers: add LCD support 2007-02-11 10:51:24 -08:00