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From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1 sysctl table check failed on PowerMac
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:34:53 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:57:38PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > Booting 2.6.24-rc1 on my PowerMac the kernel now spits
> > out a sysctl warning early in the boot sequence:
> > 
> > --- dmesg-2.6.23
> > +++ dmesg-2.6.24-rc1
> > ...
> >  IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
> >  TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
> >  TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
> >  TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
> >  TCP reno registered
> > +sysctl table check failed: /kernel .1 Writable sysctl directory
> 
> [PATCH] powerpc: fix sysctl whining re kernel.powersave-nap
> 
> kernel was marked with 0755. Everywhere else it's 0555.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static ctl_table powersave_nap_sysctl_root[] = {
>  	{
>  		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
>  		.procname	= "kernel",
> -		.mode		= 0755,
> +		.mode		= 0555,
>  		.child		= powersave_nap_ctl_table,
>  	},
>  	{}
> 

This eliminated the warning. Thanks.