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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h9
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 1b24bd45e080..c184732a70fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
/*
* Register a set of sysctl names by calling register_sysctl_table
* with an initialised array of ctl_table's. An entry with zero
- * ctl_name terminates the table. table->de will be set up by the
- * registration and need not be initialised in advance.
+ * ctl_name and 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
* procname supplied controls /proc naming.
@@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ extern ctl_handler sysctl_ms_jiffies;
* Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file
* 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
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 0c8e805bbd6f..09e569f4792b 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1315,7 +1315,9 @@ repeat:
return -ENOTDIR;
if (get_user(n, name))
return -EFAULT;
- for ( ; table->ctl_name; table++) {
+ for ( ; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) {
+ if (!table->ctl_name)
+ continue;
if (n == table->ctl_name || table->ctl_name == CTL_ANY) {
int error;
if (table->child) {
@@ -1532,7 +1534,7 @@ static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root,
int len;
mode_t mode;
- for (; table->ctl_name; table++) {
+ for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) {
/* Can't do anything without a proc name. */
if (!table->procname)
continue;
@@ -1579,7 +1581,7 @@ static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root,
static void unregister_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *de;
- for (; table->ctl_name; table++) {
+ for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) {
if (!(de = table->de))
continue;
if (de->mode & S_IFDIR) {