Re: [RFC] [PATCH] sysctl for the latecomers

[Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com>]

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

Thanks,
Chase
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