[PATCH] sysctl: implement CTL_UNNUMBERED

This patch takes the CTL_UNNUMBERD concept from NFS and makes it available to
all new sysctl users.

At the same time the sysctl binary interface maintenance documentation is
updated to mention and to describe what is needed to successfully maintain the
sysctl binary interface.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 634139232aaf..8ca18085e68d 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockd_down);
  * Sysctl parameters (same as module parameters, different interface).
  */
 
-/* Something that isn't CTL_ANY, CTL_NONE or a value that may clash. */
-#define CTL_UNNUMBERED          -2
-
 static ctl_table nlm_sysctls[] = {
         {
                 .ctl_name       = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
index 2fe3403c2409..3ea50ac64820 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysctl.c
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 static const int nfs_set_port_min = 0;
 static const int nfs_set_port_max = 65535;
 static struct ctl_table_header *nfs_callback_sysctl_table;
-/*
- * Something that isn't CTL_ANY, CTL_NONE or a value that may clash.
- * Use the same values as fs/lockd/svc.c
- */
-#define CTL_UNNUMBERED -2
 
 static ctl_table nfs_cb_sysctls[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4