Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add dev.mem.restricted sysctl

[Alexey Dobriyan]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:28:43AM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Alexey Dobriyan [2008-11-16 03:33]:
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 01:03:43AM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > > --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> > > @@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ enum {
> > >  	DEV_MAC_HID=5,
> > >  	DEV_SCSI=6,
> > >  	DEV_IPMI=7,
> > > +	DEV_MEM=8,
> > >  };
> > >  
> > >  /* /proc/sys/dev/cdrom */
> > > @@ -875,6 +876,11 @@ enum {
> > >  	DEV_PARPORT_DEFAULT=-3
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > +/* /proc/sys/dev/mem */
> > > +enum {
> > > +    DEV_MEM_RESTRICTED=1,
> > > +};
> > 
> > No new binary sysctls please.
> 
> Why is that sysctl binary? It's just an integer.

It's a name for sysctls accessible via sysctl(2).

Please, if you're adding sysctl, supply only .procname and make it accessible
only via /proc/sys/.
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