[PATCH RFC v2 02/13] proc: add config option SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES
Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network.bridge |
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| Message-ID | <20260818-sysctl-module-aliases-v2-2-d5a69dae5798__22999.0297508024$1787106595$gmane$org@igalia.com> |
Add a config option for the 'sysctl:' module aliases feature. Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <[email protected]> --- fs/proc/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig index 24f5a36f45df8b1d6831a0f4011c1f6b1987cb52..e6591ec4bcf0ab2ad96ca7dc90b831b2f9873ac2 100644 --- a/fs/proc/Kconfig +++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig @@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ config SYSCTL building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very limited in memory. +config SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES + bool "'sysctl:' module aliases (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SYSCTL && MODULES + default n + help + The /proc/sys files registered by a module do not exist until the + module is loaded; meanwhile, userspace cannot find or access them. + + This options adds 'sysctl:*/<path>/<file>' module aliases for the + /proc/sys files registered by modules, so modules for nonexistent + files can be loaded with 'modprobe sysctl:/proc/sys/<path>/<file>' + by userspace when needed. + config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR default y depends on PROC_FS && MMU -- 2.47.3