Re: [PATCH] kernel 2.6.5-mm1 : laptop-mode

["Angelo Dell'Aera" <buffer@antifork.org>]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:52:09 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

>"Angelo Dell'Aera" <buffer@antifork.org> wrote:
>>
>> After upgrading to 2.6.5-mm1 I noticed the script laptop_mode
>> failed to initiliaze laptop mode. It is due to the new position
>> of the sysctl laptop_mode under /proc. This is an update to the
>> documentation (and the script). Please apply.
>> ...
>>  
>> -Laptop-mode is controlled by the flag /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode. When this
>> +Laptop-mode is controlled by the flag /proc/sys/fs/laptop_mode. When this
>
>erk.  No, that was not intended.  Looks like `patch' decided to move some code around
>for me.  I'll fix that up, thanks.  laptop_mode shall remain in /proc/sys/vm/

OK. Attached a patch which addresses this matter.

Regards.

--

Angelo Dell'Aera 'buffer' 
Antifork Research, Inc.	  	http://buffer.antifork.org




--- linux-2.6.5-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c.old	2004-04-06 00:26:15.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.5-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-04-06 00:28:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -744,6 +744,26 @@
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= VM_LAPTOP_MODE,
+		.procname	= "laptop_mode",
+		.data		= &laptop_mode,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(laptop_mode),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= VM_BLOCK_DUMP,
+		.procname	= "block_dump",
+		.data		= &block_dump,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(block_dump),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
@@ -854,26 +874,6 @@
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
-	{
-		.ctl_name	= VM_LAPTOP_MODE,
-		.procname	= "laptop_mode",
-		.data		= &laptop_mode,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(laptop_mode),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
-		.extra1		= &zero,
-	},
-	{
-		.ctl_name	= VM_BLOCK_DUMP,
-		.procname	= "block_dump",
-		.data		= &block_dump,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(block_dump),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
-		.extra1		= &zero,
-	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };