From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E3DC433EF for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:27:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AC6610A2 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:27:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232319AbhKALaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2021 07:30:23 -0400 Received: from mta-13-4.privateemail.com ([198.54.127.109]:58638 "EHLO MTA-13-4.privateemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231512AbhKALaW (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2021 07:30:22 -0400 Received: from mta-13.privateemail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta-13.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E4218000A3; Mon, 1 Nov 2021 07:27:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.46] (unknown [10.20.151.245]) by mta-13.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C6EE318000A0; Mon, 1 Nov 2021 07:27:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:27:41 -0400 From: Hamza Mahfooz Subject: Question regarding register_sysctl_table() To: Luis Chamberlain Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <565W1R.3MI0EBO1N6WW@effective-light.com> X-Mailer: geary/40.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hey Luis, I recently came across [1], and was wondering why it is desirable to unexport register_sysctl_table()? 1. https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects/proc