[PATCH] sysctl: add a parent entry to ctl_table and set the parent entry

Add a parent entry into the ctl_table so you can walk the list of parents and
find the entire path to a ctl_table entry.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Eric W. Biederman 2007-02-14 00:34:13 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 77b14db502
commit d912b0cc1a
2 changed files with 19 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ struct ctl_table
int maxlen;
mode_t mode;
ctl_table *child;
ctl_table *parent; /* Automatically set */
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
ctl_handler *strategy; /* Callback function for all r/w */
struct proc_dir_entry *de; /* /proc control block */