Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:41:32 +0400 | From | Alexey Dobriyan <> | Subject | Re: API changes / 2.6.21 sysctl changes |
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 05:59:45PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote: > On Monday 11 June 2007 17:46:27 Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 03:13:12PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote: > > > in 2.6.21 register_sysctl_table(), struct ctl_table and probably > > > something else did change. Unfortunately so far I didn't figure out the > > > "something else". > > > > Do you have a problem porting your sysctls to newer kernels? > > A little bit, yes. Well, I got it working, but I don't understand why I had to > do that whay. > > I'm porting lustre to newer kernel versions and up to 2.6.20 the procfs/sysctl > logic was > > 1.) register_sysctl_table() -> creates /proc/sys/lnet > > 2.) create_proc_entry() -> add additional files in /proc/sys/lnet
Glue all your ctl_table's in tree and register it with one call. See how XFS does this: fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
> With 2.6.21 creating additional entries in /proc/sys/lnet fails and I have to > first call "proc_mkdir("sys/lnet", NULL)". I did this proc_mkdir() call even > before the register_sysctl_table() call, hoping that its correct. > > My guess is that register_sysctl_table() doesn't create /proc/sys/lnet > anymore, but I have now idea why. Either I did something wrong or its > intended.
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