+ sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch added to -mm tree

+ sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: sysctl: add register_sysctl() dummy helper
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: sysctl: add register_sysctl() dummy helper

register_sysctl() has been around for five years with commit fea478d4101a
("sysctl: Add register_sysctl for normal sysctl users") but now that arm64
started using it, I ran into a compile error:

arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c: In function 'register_insn_emulation_sysctl':
arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c:257:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'register_sysctl'

This adds a inline function like we already have for
register_sysctl_paths() and register_sysctl_table().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171106133700.558647-1-arnd@arndb.de
Fixes: 38b9aeb32fa7 ("arm64: Port deprecated instruction emulation to new sysctl interface")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Alex Benne <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/sysctl.h |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper include/linux/sysctl.h
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper
+++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ static inline struct ctl_table_header *r
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * table)
 {
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from arnd@arndb.de are

sysctl-add-register_sysctl-dummy-helper.patch
iopoll-avoid-wint-in-bool-context-warning.patch
initramfs-use-time64_t-timestamps.patch
pcmcia-badge4-avoid-unused-function-warning.patch