Linux kernel stable tree https://git.rulkc.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/atom?h=master 2009-11-18T16:14:55+00:00 2009-11-18T16:14:55+00:00 Eric W. Biederman ebiederm@xmission.com 2009-11-16T10:40:01+00:00 urn:sha1:86926d0096279b9739ceeff40f68d3c33b9119a9 Now that the sysctl structures no longer have a ctl_name field there is no reason to retain the definitions for CTL_NONE and CTL_UNNUMBERED, or to explain their historic usage. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> 2007-07-16T16:05:49+00:00 Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org 2007-07-16T06:41:20+00:00 urn:sha1:97d8f83cb734525f96992fd61e4f7323ab3d549c Poeple keep on adding new numbered sysctls, when they're supposed not to. Add a documentation file which explain why new sysctls should use CTL_UNNUMBERED. The next patch will sprinkle pointers to this throughout sysctl.c. Eric provided the text (thanks) Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>