Re: [RFC] [PATCH] sysctl for the latecomers

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Amit Gud wrote:
> /etc/sysctl.conf values are of no use to kernel modules that are 
> inserted after init scripts call sysctl for the values in /etc/sysctl.conf
> 
> For modules to use the values stored in the file /etc/sysctl.conf, 
> sysctl kernel code can keep record of 'limited' values, for sysctl 
> entries which haven't been registered yet. During registration, sysctl 
> code can check against the stored values and call the appropriate 
> strategy and proc_handler routines if a match is found.
> 
> Attached patch does just that. This patch is NOT tested and is just to 
> get opinions, if something like this is a right way of addressing this 
> problem.
> 

Sounds like it would make more sense to add this kind of functionality 
to modprobe.

	-hpa