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<title>ntfs_init_locked_inode(): fix array indexing</title>
<updated>2007-05-31T14:58:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrew Morton</name>
<email>akpm@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-31T07:40:49+00:00</published>
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Local variable `i' is a byte-counter.  Don't use it as an index into an array
of le32's.

Reported-by: "young dave" &lt;hidave.darkstar@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: "Christoph Lameter" &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Local variable `i' is a byte-counter.  Don't use it as an index into an array
of le32's.

Reported-by: "young dave" &lt;hidave.darkstar@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: "Christoph Lameter" &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Detach sched.h from mm.h</title>
<updated>2007-05-21T16:18:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexey Dobriyan</name>
<email>adobriyan@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-20T21:22:52+00:00</published>
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First thing mm.h does is including sched.h solely for can_do_mlock() inline
function which has "current" dereference inside. By dealing with can_do_mlock()
mm.h can be detached from sched.h which is good. See below, why.

This patch
a) removes unconditional inclusion of sched.h from mm.h
b) makes can_do_mlock() normal function in mm/mlock.c
c) exports can_do_mlock() to not break compilation
d) adds sched.h inclusions back to files that were getting it indirectly.
e) adds less bloated headers to some files (asm/signal.h, jiffies.h) that were
   getting them indirectly

Net result is:
a) mm.h users would get less code to open, read, preprocess, parse, ... if
   they don't need sched.h
b) sched.h stops being dependency for significant number of files:
   on x86_64 allmodconfig touching sched.h results in recompile of 4083 files,
   after patch it's only 3744 (-8.3%).

Cross-compile tested on

	all arm defconfigs, all mips defconfigs, all powerpc defconfigs,
	alpha alpha-up
	arm
	i386 i386-up i386-defconfig i386-allnoconfig
	ia64 ia64-up
	m68k
	mips
	parisc parisc-up
	powerpc powerpc-up
	s390 s390-up
	sparc sparc-up
	sparc64 sparc64-up
	um-x86_64
	x86_64 x86_64-up x86_64-defconfig x86_64-allnoconfig

as well as my two usual configs.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan &lt;adobriyan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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First thing mm.h does is including sched.h solely for can_do_mlock() inline
function which has "current" dereference inside. By dealing with can_do_mlock()
mm.h can be detached from sched.h which is good. See below, why.

This patch
a) removes unconditional inclusion of sched.h from mm.h
b) makes can_do_mlock() normal function in mm/mlock.c
c) exports can_do_mlock() to not break compilation
d) adds sched.h inclusions back to files that were getting it indirectly.
e) adds less bloated headers to some files (asm/signal.h, jiffies.h) that were
   getting them indirectly

Net result is:
a) mm.h users would get less code to open, read, preprocess, parse, ... if
   they don't need sched.h
b) sched.h stops being dependency for significant number of files:
   on x86_64 allmodconfig touching sched.h results in recompile of 4083 files,
   after patch it's only 3744 (-8.3%).

Cross-compile tested on

	all arm defconfigs, all mips defconfigs, all powerpc defconfigs,
	alpha alpha-up
	arm
	i386 i386-up i386-defconfig i386-allnoconfig
	ia64 ia64-up
	m68k
	mips
	parisc parisc-up
	powerpc powerpc-up
	s390 s390-up
	sparc sparc-up
	sparc64 sparc64-up
	um-x86_64
	x86_64 x86_64-up x86_64-defconfig x86_64-allnoconfig

as well as my two usual configs.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan &lt;adobriyan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR</title>
<updated>2007-05-17T12:23:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>clameter@sgi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-17T05:10:57+00:00</published>
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SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR is always specified. No point in checking it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Steven French &lt;sfrench@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Halcrow &lt;mhalcrow@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi &lt;hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp&gt;
Cc: Miklos Szeredi &lt;miklos@szeredi.hu&gt;
Cc: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Roman Zippel &lt;zippel@linux-m68k.org&gt;
Cc: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw2@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Kleikamp &lt;shaggy@austin.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Trond Myklebust &lt;trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no&gt;
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" &lt;bfields@fieldses.org&gt;
Cc: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Cc: Mark Fasheh &lt;mark.fasheh@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@ucw.cz&gt;
Cc: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR is always specified. No point in checking it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Steven French &lt;sfrench@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Halcrow &lt;mhalcrow@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi &lt;hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp&gt;
Cc: Miklos Szeredi &lt;miklos@szeredi.hu&gt;
Cc: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Roman Zippel &lt;zippel@linux-m68k.org&gt;
Cc: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw2@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Kleikamp &lt;shaggy@austin.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Trond Myklebust &lt;trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no&gt;
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" &lt;bfields@fieldses.org&gt;
Cc: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Cc: Mark Fasheh &lt;mark.fasheh@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@ucw.cz&gt;
Cc: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ntfs: use zero_user_page</title>
<updated>2007-05-12T17:55:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nate Diller</name>
<email>nate.diller@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-12T17:36:54+00:00</published>
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Use zero_user_page() instead of open-coding it.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: kmap-type fixes]
Signed-off-by: Nate Diller &lt;nate.diller@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Use zero_user_page() instead of open-coding it.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: kmap-type fixes]
Signed-off-by: Nate Diller &lt;nate.diller@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cantab.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used</title>
<updated>2007-05-08T18:15:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Randy Dunlap</name>
<email>randy.dunlap@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-08T07:28:08+00:00</published>
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Remove includes of &lt;linux/smp_lock.h&gt; where it is not used/needed.
Suggested by Al Viro.

Builds cleanly on x86_64, i386, alpha, ia64, powerpc, sparc,
sparc64, and arm (all 59 defconfigs).

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;randy.dunlap@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Remove includes of &lt;linux/smp_lock.h&gt; where it is not used/needed.
Suggested by Al Viro.

Builds cleanly on x86_64, i386, alpha, ia64, powerpc, sparc,
sparc64, and arm (all 59 defconfigs).

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;randy.dunlap@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm: move common segment checks to separate helper function</title>
<updated>2007-05-08T18:14:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitriy Monakhov</name>
<email>dmonakhov@openvz.org</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-08T07:23:02+00:00</published>
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[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup]
Signed-off-by: Monakhov Dmitriy &lt;dmonakhov@openvz.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cam.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup]
Signed-off-by: Monakhov Dmitriy &lt;dmonakhov@openvz.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov &lt;aia21@cam.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag</title>
<updated>2007-05-07T19:12:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>clameter@sgi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-06T21:50:16+00:00</published>
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I have never seen a use of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL.  It is only supported by
SLAB.

I think its purpose was to have a callback after an object has been freed
to verify that the state is the constructor state again?  The callback is
performed before each freeing of an object.

I would think that it is much easier to check the object state manually
before the free.  That also places the check near the code object
manipulation of the object.

Also the SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL callback is only performed if the kernel was
compiled with SLAB debugging on.  If there would be code in a constructor
handling SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL then it would have to be conditional on
SLAB_DEBUG otherwise it would just be dead code.  But there is no such code
in the kernel.  I think SLUB_DEBUG_INITIAL is too problematic to make real
use of, difficult to understand and there are easier ways to accomplish the
same effect (i.e.  add debug code before kfree).

There is a related flag SLAB_CTOR_VERIFY that is frequently checked to be
clear in fs inode caches.  Remove the pointless checks (they would even be
pointless without removeal of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL) from the fs constructors.

This is the last slab flag that SLUB did not support.  Remove the check for
unimplemented flags from SLUB.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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I have never seen a use of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL.  It is only supported by
SLAB.

I think its purpose was to have a callback after an object has been freed
to verify that the state is the constructor state again?  The callback is
performed before each freeing of an object.

I would think that it is much easier to check the object state manually
before the free.  That also places the check near the code object
manipulation of the object.

Also the SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL callback is only performed if the kernel was
compiled with SLAB debugging on.  If there would be code in a constructor
handling SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL then it would have to be conditional on
SLAB_DEBUG otherwise it would just be dead code.  But there is no such code
in the kernel.  I think SLUB_DEBUG_INITIAL is too problematic to make real
use of, difficult to understand and there are easier ways to accomplish the
same effect (i.e.  add debug code before kfree).

There is a related flag SLAB_CTOR_VERIFY that is frequently checked to be
clear in fs inode caches.  Remove the pointless checks (they would even be
pointless without removeal of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL) from the fs constructors.

This is the last slab flag that SLUB did not support.  Remove the check for
unimplemented flags from SLUB.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm: make read_cache_page synchronous</title>
<updated>2007-05-07T19:12:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nick Piggin</name>
<email>npiggin@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-06T21:49:04+00:00</published>
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Ensure pages are uptodate after returning from read_cache_page, which allows
us to cut out most of the filesystem-internal PageUptodate calls.

I didn't have a great look down the call chains, but this appears to fixes 7
possible use-before uptodate in hfs, 2 in hfsplus, 1 in jfs, a few in
ecryptfs, 1 in jffs2, and a possible cleared data overwritten with readpage in
block2mtd.  All depending on whether the filler is async and/or can return
with a !uptodate page.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Hugh Dickins &lt;hugh@veritas.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Ensure pages are uptodate after returning from read_cache_page, which allows
us to cut out most of the filesystem-internal PageUptodate calls.

I didn't have a great look down the call chains, but this appears to fixes 7
possible use-before uptodate in hfs, 2 in hfsplus, 1 in jfs, a few in
ecryptfs, 1 in jffs2, and a possible cleared data overwritten with readpage in
block2mtd.  All depending on whether the filler is async and/or can return
with a !uptodate page.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Hugh Dickins &lt;hugh@veritas.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[PATCH] sysctl: remove the proc_dir_entry member for the sysctl tables</title>
<updated>2007-02-14T16:10:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-14T08:34:14+00:00</published>
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It isn't needed anymore, all of the users are gone, and all of the ctl_table
initializers have been converted to use explicit names of the fields they are
initializing.

[akpm@osdl.org: NTFS fix]
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley &lt;sds@tycho.nsa.gov&gt;
Cc: James Morris &lt;jmorris@namei.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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It isn't needed anymore, all of the users are gone, and all of the ctl_table
initializers have been converted to use explicit names of the fields they are
initializing.

[akpm@osdl.org: NTFS fix]
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley &lt;sds@tycho.nsa.gov&gt;
Cc: James Morris &lt;jmorris@namei.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl</title>
<updated>2007-02-14T16:09:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-14T08:34:09+00:00</published>
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The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered
sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name.  Which is
pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented.

I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of
register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register
duplicate sysctl entries.

So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in
the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future
enhancments harder.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Luck, Tony" &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@muc.de&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Corey Minyard &lt;minyard@acm.org&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "John W. Linville" &lt;linville@tuxdriver.com&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;James.Bottomley@steeleye.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@ucw.cz&gt;
Cc: Trond Myklebust &lt;trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no&gt;
Cc: Mark Fasheh &lt;mark.fasheh@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered
sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name.  Which is
pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented.

I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of
register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register
duplicate sysctl entries.

So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in
the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future
enhancments harder.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Luck, Tony" &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@muc.de&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Corey Minyard &lt;minyard@acm.org&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "John W. Linville" &lt;linville@tuxdriver.com&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;James.Bottomley@steeleye.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@ucw.cz&gt;
Cc: Trond Myklebust &lt;trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no&gt;
Cc: Mark Fasheh &lt;mark.fasheh@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: David Chinner &lt;dgc@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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