Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:29:30 -0800 | From | Luis Chamberlain <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Add a group of macro functions to initcall the sysctl table of each feature |
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 10:04:48AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > If you look at __register_sysctl_table the core registration function > you will see that all directory entries get reduced to simply a path > component. So they have nothing but their names as input into > the sysctl subsystem. > > Further __register_sysctl_table goes in a loop through the path > and does get_subdir to find or create the directory. > > Which means that if two places were to register sysctls in > the "fs" directory they would both use the safe "fs" directory > and whoever can first would create it. > > Which should mean that worrying about ordering is completely > unnecessary. > > What am I missing?
I was being too cautious, sorry for not having dug enough. Then this makes things much easier. Thanks!
Luis
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