[PATCH] sysctl: add a parent entry to ctl_table and set the parent entry
Add a parent entry into the ctl_table so you can walk the list of parents and
find the entire path to a ctl_table entry.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b3ee791..3ca1d5f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,23 @@
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL */
+static void sysctl_set_parent(struct ctl_table *parent, struct ctl_table *table)
+{
+ for (; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) {
+ table->parent = parent;
+ if (table->child)
+ sysctl_set_parent(table, table->child);
+ }
+}
+
+static __init int sysctl_init(void)
+{
+ sysctl_set_parent(NULL, root_table);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+core_initcall(sysctl_init);
+
/**
* register_sysctl_table - register a sysctl hierarchy
* @table: the top-level table structure
@@ -1318,6 +1335,7 @@
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->ctl_entry);
tmp->used = 0;
tmp->unregistering = NULL;
+ sysctl_set_parent(NULL, table);
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
list_add_tail(&tmp->ctl_entry, &root_table_header.ctl_entry);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);