Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] sysctl: make some functions unstatic to access by arch/lib

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 22:10 +0900, Hajime Tazaki wrote:
> libos (arch/lib) emulates a sysctl-like interface by a function call of
> userspace by enumerating sysctl tree from sysctl_table_root. It requires
> to be publicly accessible to this symbol and related functions.
[]
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
[]
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int namecmp(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
>  }
>  
>  /* Called under sysctl_lock */
> -static struct ctl_table *find_entry(struct ctl_table_header **phead,
> +struct ctl_table *find_entry(struct ctl_table_header **phead,

find_entry and all of the <foo>_entry functions below it
are overly generic names.  Maybe prefix with ctl_table_


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/