Re: Create proc entry under /proc/sys/kernel

[RuoMu Hu]

Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 04:00:57PM +0800, RuoMu Hu wrote:
>   
> > Is it possible to create a proc entry under /proc/sys/kernel directly by 
> > create_proc_read_entry in the way shown below?
> >     
>
> No longer.
>
>   
> > test_pde = create_proc_read_entry("/proc/sys/kernel/test", 0, NULL,
> >                                    test_read_proc, NULL);
> > if (test_pde == NULL) {
> >    printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create the test proc file.\n");
> >    return -ENOMEM;
> > }
> >
> > I'm using this in my kernel module but create_proc_read_entry always 
> > returns fail, while there's no problem creating proc entries directly under 
> > /proc.  The kernel source I'm building my kernel module against is 
> > 2.6.25.4.
> >     
>
> Use register_sysctl_table() for sysctls.
>   

Thank you for your hint, it really helped me.

Another question: Is it possible to add an entry under /proc/sys/kernel 
by register_sysctl_table() without modifying kernel source (adding an 
entry to the kern_table[] array in kernel/sysctl.c)?

Best regards,
Romu
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