From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: export sysctl_xfrm_acq_expires Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:44:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20070822.124432.124083784.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20070822194202.GB17694@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, pekkas@netcore.fi, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@coreworks.de To: nhorman@tuxdriver.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37377 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756798AbXHVTod (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:44:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070822194202.GB17694@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Neil Horman 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 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.