- sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any.patch removed from -mm tree

- sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any.patch removed from -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     sysctl: remove support for CTL_ANY
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: sysctl: remove support for CTL_ANY
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

There are currently no users in the kernel for CTL_ANY and it only has effect
on the binary interface which is practically unused.

So this complicates sysctl lookups for no good reason so just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/sysctl.h |    1 -
 kernel/sysctl.c        |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any include/linux/sysctl.h
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any
+++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct __sysctl_args {
 
 /* For internal pattern-matching use only: */
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-#define CTL_ANY		-1	/* Matches any name */
 #define CTL_NONE	0
 #define CTL_UNNUMBERED	CTL_NONE	/* sysctl without a binary number */
 #endif
diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any kernel/sysctl.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ repeat:
 	for ( ; table->ctl_name || table->procname; table++) {
 		if (!table->ctl_name)
 			continue;
-		if (n == table->ctl_name || table->ctl_name == CTL_ANY) {
+		if (n == table->ctl_name) {
 			int error;
 			if (table->child) {
 				if (ctl_perm(table, 001))
_

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allow-access-to-proc-pid-fd-after-setuid-update.patch
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edac-k8-driver-coding-tidy.patch
sched2-sched-domain-sysctl-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch
mm-implement-swap-prefetching-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch
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