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From: Tim Hockin <thockin@sun.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: sysctl() strategy questions
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 11:56:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B967540.2703E765@sun.com> (raw)

All,

I've noticed an anomaly, and am not sure which behavior is correct:

sysctl_string() stores the value it reads to table->data
sysctl_intvec() validates but does not store the value it reads

whereas

proc_intvec() does store the intvec it reads, but does not validate
proc_dostring() stores the string it read


Should sysctl_intvec() be storing the data, or should sysctl_string() NOT? 
Or is this oddness by design?

Also, what is the typical answer to a sysctl variable that is essentially
an enum?  Ideally the /proc interface can show it as a meaningful string,
but should the sysctl() interface pass the integer values (cleaner)? 
Should I toss an enum into sysctl.h ?

Tim
-- 
Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@sun.com

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