[PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires

[PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires

[Neil Horman]

Hey all-
	I had noticed that an extra sysctl for xfrm had been added while back
(specifically sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires).  Unlike its related sysctl's however,
this was never exported so that out-of-tree modules could access it, and I
thought it would be a good idea if it was.  This patch handles that.

Thanks & Regards
Neil

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>


 xfrm_state.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)


diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index d4356e6..62ae5a2 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ u32 sysctl_xfrm_aevent_rseqth __read_mostly = XFRM_AE_SEQT_SIZE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_xfrm_aevent_rseqth);
 
 u32 sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires __read_mostly = 30;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires);
 
 /* Each xfrm_state may be linked to two tables:
 
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Re: [PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires

[David Miller]

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:42:02 -0400

> Hey all-
> 	I had noticed that an extra sysctl for xfrm had been added while back
> (specifically sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires).  Unlike its related sysctl's however,
> this was never exported so that out-of-tree modules could access it, and I
> thought it would be a good idea if it was.  This patch handles that.
> 
> Thanks & Regards
> Neil
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>

There is no reason for out-of-tree code to access it and no
current examples exist.

It is an internal knob controlling how a specific part of the IPSEC
rule lookup operates, and that is all in-tree.