Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add dev.mem.restricted sysctl

[Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>]

* Alexey Dobriyan [2008-11-16 03:33]:
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 01:03:43AM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> > @@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ enum {
> >  	DEV_MAC_HID=5,
> >  	DEV_SCSI=6,
> >  	DEV_IPMI=7,
> > +	DEV_MEM=8,
> >  };
> >  
> >  /* /proc/sys/dev/cdrom */
> > @@ -875,6 +876,11 @@ enum {
> >  	DEV_PARPORT_DEFAULT=-3
> >  };
> >  
> > +/* /proc/sys/dev/mem */
> > +enum {
> > +    DEV_MEM_RESTRICTED=1,
> > +};
> 
> No new binary sysctls please.

Why is that sysctl binary? It's just an integer.


Regards,
Bernhard