[PATCH] Get rid of /proc/sys/proc

The table is empty, why does it still exist? Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-mirror · Jun 25, 2006 · eab03ac · eab03ac
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diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum
 	CTL_KERN=1,		/* General kernel info and control */
 	CTL_VM=2,		/* VM management */
 	CTL_NET=3,		/* Networking */
-	CTL_PROC=4,		/* Process info */
+	/* was CTL_PROC */
 	CTL_FS=5,		/* Filesystems */
 	CTL_DEBUG=6,		/* Debugging */
 	CTL_DEV=7,		/* Devices */
@@ -767,8 +767,6 @@ enum {
 	NET_BRIDGE_NF_FILTER_VLAN_TAGGED = 4,
 };
 
-/* CTL_PROC names: */
-
 /* CTL_FS names: */
 enum
 {

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header =
 
 static ctl_table kern_table[];
 static ctl_table vm_table[];
-static ctl_table proc_table[];
 static ctl_table fs_table[];
 static ctl_table debug_table[];
 static ctl_table dev_table[];
@@ -202,12 +201,6 @@ static ctl_table root_table[] = {
 		.child		= net_table,
 	},
 #endif
-	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PROC,
-		.procname	= "proc",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= proc_table,
-	},
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_FS,
 		.procname	= "fs",
@@ -927,10 +920,6 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
-static ctl_table proc_table[] = {
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
-};
-
 static ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= FS_NRINODE,