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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sysctl.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sysctl.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h index 1b24bd45e080..c184732a70fc 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies; /* * Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table * with an initialised array of ctl_table's. An entry with zero - * ctl_name terminates the table. table->de will be set up by the - * registration and need not be initialised in advance. + * ctl_name and NULL procname terminates the table. table->de will be + * set up by the registration and need not be initialised in advance. * * sysctl names can be mirrored automatically under /proc/sys. The * procname supplied controls /proc naming. @@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies; * Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file * under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. A * null procname disables /proc mirroring at this node. - * + * + * sysctl entries with a zero ctl_name will not be available through + * the binary sysctl interface. + * * sysctl(2) can automatically manage read and write requests through * the sysctl table. The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table * struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be |