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Add Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
authorAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:41:20 +0000 (23:41 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:05:49 +0000 (09:05 -0700)
commit97d8f83cb734525f96992fd61e4f7323ab3d549c
tree23f1859ea95f3438deb845b6082bad2fc9d1d41etree | snapshot
parent36cf3b5c3b7228bcf5124c530d50080b61a59f69commit | diff
Add Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt

Poeple keep on adding new numbered sysctls, when they're supposed not to.

Add a documentation file which explain why new sysctls should use
CTL_UNNUMBERED.  The next patch will sprinkle pointers to this throughout
sysctl.c.

Eric provided the text (thanks)

Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt [new file with mode: 0644] blob
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