sysctl: Don't look at ctl_name and strategy in the generic code

The ctl_name and strategy fields are unused, now that sys_sysctl
is a compatibility wrapper around /proc/sys.  No longer looking
at them in the generic code is effectively what we are doing
now and provides the guarantee that during further cleanups
we can just remove references to those fields and everything
will work ok.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 82c32b89932d..7c4aabc04673 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1005,8 +1005,8 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
 
 /*
  * Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
- * with an initialised array of struct ctl_table's.  An entry with zero
- * ctl_name and NULL procname terminates the table.  table->de will be
+ * with an initialised array of struct ctl_table's.  An entry with 
+ * 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
@@ -1019,24 +1019,11 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
  * 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
  * performed, and the mode field allows minimal authentication.
  * 
- * More sophisticated management can be enabled by the provision of a
- * strategy routine with the table entry.  This will be called before
- * any automatic read or write of the data is performed.
- * 
- * The strategy routine may return:
- * <0: Error occurred (error is passed to user process)
- * 0:  OK - proceed with automatic read or write.
- * >0: OK - read or write has been done by the strategy routine, so 
- *     return immediately.
- * 
  * There must be a proc_handler routine for any terminal nodes
  * mirrored under /proc/sys (non-terminals are handled by a built-in
  * directory handler).  Several default handlers are available to