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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c48
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c9
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 973acf96f37c..124298168f8b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1705,6 +1705,37 @@ int __init proc_sys_init(void)
return sysctl_init();
}
+struct sysctl_alias {
+ const char *kernel_param;
+ const char *sysctl_param;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Historically some settings had both sysctl and a command line parameter.
+ * With the generic sysctl. parameter support, we can handle them at a single
+ * place and only keep the historical name for compatibility. This is not meant
+ * to add brand new aliases. When adding existing aliases, consider whether
+ * the possibly different moment of changing the value (e.g. from early_param
+ * to the moment do_sysctl_args() is called) is an issue for the specific
+ * parameter.
+ */
+static const struct sysctl_alias sysctl_aliases[] = {
+ {"numa_zonelist_order", "vm.numa_zonelist_order" },
+ { }
+};
+
+static const char *sysctl_find_alias(char *param)
+{
+ const struct sysctl_alias *alias;
+
+ for (alias = &sysctl_aliases[0]; alias->kernel_param != NULL; alias++) {
+ if (strcmp(alias->kernel_param, param) == 0)
+ return alias->sysctl_param;
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
/* Set sysctl value passed on kernel command line. */
static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
const char *unused, void *arg)
@@ -1718,15 +1749,18 @@ static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
loff_t pos = 0;
ssize_t wret;
- if (strncmp(param, "sysctl", sizeof("sysctl") - 1))
- return 0;
-
- param += sizeof("sysctl") - 1;
+ if (strncmp(param, "sysctl", sizeof("sysctl") - 1) == 0) {
+ param += sizeof("sysctl") - 1;
- if (param[0] != '/' && param[0] != '.')
- return 0;
+ if (param[0] != '/' && param[0] != '.')
+ return 0;
- param++;
+ param++;
+ } else {
+ param = (char *) sysctl_find_alias(param);
+ if (!param)
+ return 0;
+ }
/*
* To set sysctl options, we use a temporary mount of proc, look up the
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 07ae77d97952..727751219003 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5575,15 +5575,6 @@ static int __parse_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
return 0;
}
-static __init int setup_numa_zonelist_order(char *s)
-{
- if (!s)
- return 0;
-
- return __parse_numa_zonelist_order(s);
-}
-early_param("numa_zonelist_order", setup_numa_zonelist_order);
-
char numa_zonelist_order[] = "Node";
/*