From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/23] sysctl: Stop using binary sysctl numbers in arlan.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:07:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091111210730.GL4392@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1257682930-31401-2-git-send-email-ebiederm@xmission.com>
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 04:21:49AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>
> Looking at the arlan code it appears all of the sysctl
> entries are disabled debug code, and have not been enabled
> since the driver was merged in feb of 2003.
>
> Since except for a select few that userspace can't
> get along without the binary sysctl table entries
> are going away. Kill the unused arlan binary sysctls.
>
> Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
ACK
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-11 21:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 12:16 [PATCH 00/23] Removal of binary sysctl support Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 01/23] sysctl: Remove the unused frv sysctl unumbers Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 02/23] sysctl: Stop using binary sysctl numbers in arlan Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-11 21:07 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 03/23] sysctl: Reduce sys_sysctl to a compatibility wrapper around /proc/sys Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 04/23] sysctl: Neuter the generic sysctl strategy routines Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 05/23] sysctl: Remove dead code from sysctl_check Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 06/23] sysctl: Remove references to ctl_name and strategy from the generic sysctl table Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 07/23] sysctl: Don't look at ctl_name and strategy in the generic code Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 08/23] sysctl ipc: Remove dead binary sysctl support code Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 09/23] sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl code Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 10/23] sysctl fs: Remove dead binary sysctl support Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 11/23] sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:21 ` [PATCH 12/23] sysctl security/keys: Remove dead binary sysctl support Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 13/23] sysctl crypto: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 15:44 ` Herbert Xu
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 14/23] sysctl drivers: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 8:17 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 15/23] sysctl mips/lasat: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 14:10 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 16/23] sysctl frv: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 17/23] sysctl s390: Remove dead sysctl binary support Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 18/23] sysctl ia64: Remove dead binary sysctl support Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 19/23] sysctl powerpc: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 20:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 20/23] sysctl sh: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 21/23] sysctl x86: " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 22/23] sysctl arm: Remove " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:34 ` Russell King
2009-11-08 22:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 22:56 ` Russell King
2009-11-08 23:31 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 23:34 ` Russell King
2009-11-08 23:05 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 0:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-11-09 3:27 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 4:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-11-09 5:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 9:38 ` Andi Kleen
2009-11-09 11:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 12:04 ` Andi Kleen
2009-11-09 12:41 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 13:28 ` Andi Kleen
2009-11-09 15:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-09 15:46 ` Andi Kleen
2009-11-09 16:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-10 4:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-10 8:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-11 2:31 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-09 12:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 23/23] sysctl: Remove the last of the generic " Eric W. Biederman
2009-11-08 13:06 ` [PATCH 00/23] Removal of " Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-09 3:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
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