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| author | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2006-09-27 10:51:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-27 17:26:19 +0200 |
| commit | b89a81712f486e4f7a606987413e387605fdeaf4 (patch) | |
| tree | 98702b89a50e927c38f2e31cf824c10d2585722f /fs | |
| parent | [PATCH] msi: use kmem_cache_zalloc() (diff) | |
| download | linux-b89a81712f486e4f7a606987413e387605fdeaf4.tar.xz linux-b89a81712f486e4f7a606987413e387605fdeaf4.zip | |
[PATCH] sysctl: Allow /proc/sys without sys_sysctl
Since sys_sysctl is deprecated start allow it to be compiled out. This
should catch any remaining user space code that cares, and paves the way
for further sysctl cleanups.
[akpm@osdl.org: If sys_sysctl() is not compiled-in, emit a warning]
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index a27002668bd3..d311198bba43 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -826,6 +826,25 @@ config PROC_VMCORE help Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. +config PROC_SYSCTL + bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED + depends on PROC_FS + select SYSCTL + default y + ---help--- + The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing + certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring + a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary + interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of + modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the + /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files + in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this + option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. + + As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless + building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very + limited in memory. + config SYSFS bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED default y |