From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:13:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:13:31 -0400 Received: from gannet.scg.man.ac.uk ([130.88.94.110]:49424 "EHLO gannet.scg.man.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:13:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:13:17 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Possibly stupid sysctl question Message-ID: <20010622011317.A26141@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Url: http://www.movement.uklinux.net/ X-Record: I Am Kloot - Natural History X-Toppers: N/A Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org If I am using a sysctl directory when the relevant unregister_sysctl_table() is called, the directory and parent directories will continue to exist. Fine. However when I cd out of the dir, the directory does not disappear. When/where do sysctl directories get collected ? thanks john -- "Euler's equation contains the five most important numbers in mathematics."