sysctl: Implement retire_sysctl_set

This adds a small helper retire_sysctl_set to remove the intimate knowledge about the how a sysctl_set is implemented from net/sysct_net.c Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Dark-Matter7232 · Jan 25, 2012 · 97324cd · 97324cd
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diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,10 @@ void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
 	p->is_seen = is_seen;
 }
 
+void retire_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *set)
+{
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&set->list));
+}
 
 int __init proc_sys_init(void)
 {

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll);
 extern void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
 	struct ctl_table_set *parent,
 	int (*is_seen)(struct ctl_table_set *));
+extern void retire_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *set);
 
 void register_sysctl_root(struct ctl_table_root *root);
 struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_paths(

diff --git a/net/sysctl_net.c b/net/sysctl_net.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int __net_init sysctl_net_init(struct net *net)
 
 static void __net_exit sysctl_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&net->sysctls.list));
+	retire_sysctl_set(&net->sysctls);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations sysctl_pernet_ops = {