Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the parisc-hd tree

From: Luis Chamberlain <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 22:03:41 +0000

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:40:55PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Luis Chamberlain <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 06:52:35AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >> Luis Chamberlain <[email-masked]> writes:
> >> 
> >> > +static struct ctl_table fs_base_table[] = {
> >> > +	{
> >> > +		.procname	= "fs",
> >> > +		.mode		= 0555,
> >> > +		.child		= fs_table,
> >> > +	},
> >> > +	{ }
> >> > +};
> >>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You don't need this at all.
> >> > > +static int __init fs_procsys_init(void)
> >> > +{
> >> > +	struct ctl_table_header *hdr;
> >> > +
> >> > +	hdr = register_sysctl_table(fs_base_table);
> >>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please use register_sysctl instead.
> >> 	AKA
> >>         hdr = register_sysctl("fs", fs_table);
> >
> > Ah, much cleaner thanks!
> 
> It is my hope you we can get rid of register_sysctl_table one of these
> days.  It was the original interface but today it is just a
> compatibility wrapper.
> 
> I unfortunately ran out of steam last time before I finished converting
> everything over.

Let's give it one more go. I'll start with the fs stuff.

  Luis