Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:56:06 -0500 (CDT) | From | Chase Venters <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH] sysctl for the latecomers |
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Amit Gud wrote:
> /etc/sysctl.conf values are of no use to kernel modules that are inserted > after init scripts call sysctl for the values in /etc/sysctl.conf > > For modules to use the values stored in the file /etc/sysctl.conf, sysctl > kernel code can keep record of 'limited' values, for sysctl entries which > haven't been registered yet. During registration, sysctl code can check > against the stored values and call the appropriate strategy and proc_handler > routines if a match is found. > > Attached patch does just that. This patch is NOT tested and is just to get > opinions, if something like this is a right way of addressing this problem.
Do you anticipate any users that you could list? It seems like a more appropriate approach would be to allow some kind of user-space hook or event notification to run upon module insertion, which could then apply the appropriate sysctl.
> > Thanks, > AG >
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