Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751159AbVLUSmI (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:42:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751162AbVLUSmH (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:42:07 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:40905 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751159AbVLUSmG (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:42:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] handle module ref count on sysctl tables. From: Arjan van de Ven To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Al Viro , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051221103520.258ced08@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20051221103520.258ced08@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:42:02 +0100 Message-Id: <1135190522.3456.72.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 548 Lines: 14 On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 10:35 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > This patch fixes that by maintaining source compatibility via macro. > I am sure someone already thought of this, it just doesn't appear to > have made it in yet. isn't it more consistent to give the sysctl table itself an .owner field? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/