[PATCH 11/11] proc_sysctl: deprecate register_sysctl_paths()

[Eric Biggers]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 12:28:26PM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> index 780690dc08cd..e8459fc56b50 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
> @@ -221,13 +221,8 @@ extern void retire_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *set);
>  struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table(
>  	struct ctl_table_set *set,
>  	const char *path, struct ctl_table *table);
> -struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_paths(
> -	struct ctl_table_set *set,
> -	const struct ctl_path *path, struct ctl_table *table);
>  struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table);
>  struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table);
> -struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_paths(const struct ctl_path *path,
> -						struct ctl_table *table);
>  
>  void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * table);
>  
> @@ -277,12 +272,6 @@ static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *p
>  	return NULL;
>  }
>  
> -static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_paths(
> -			const struct ctl_path *path, struct ctl_table *table)
> -{
> -	return NULL;
> -}
> -

Seems that this patch should be titled "remove register_sysctl_paths()", not
"deprecate register_sysctl_paths()"?

- Eric