From: Stephen Hemminger The table is empty, why does it still exist? Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 +--- kernel/sysctl.c | 11 ----------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc include/linux/sysctl.h --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc +++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum CTL_KERN=1, /* General kernel info and control */ CTL_VM=2, /* VM management */ CTL_NET=3, /* Networking */ - CTL_PROC=4, /* Process info */ + /* was CTL_PROC */ CTL_FS=5, /* Filesystems */ CTL_DEBUG=6, /* Debugging */ CTL_DEV=7, /* Devices */ @@ -772,8 +772,6 @@ enum { NET_BRIDGE_NF_FILTER_VLAN_TAGGED = 4, }; -/* CTL_PROC names: */ - /* CTL_FS names: */ enum { diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc kernel/sysctl.c --- a/kernel/sysctl.c~get-rid-of-proc-sys-proc +++ a/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static struct ctl_table_header root_tabl static ctl_table kern_table[]; static ctl_table vm_table[]; -static ctl_table proc_table[]; static ctl_table fs_table[]; static ctl_table debug_table[]; static ctl_table dev_table[]; @@ -205,12 +204,6 @@ static ctl_table root_table[] = { }, #endif { - .ctl_name = CTL_PROC, - .procname = "proc", - .mode = 0555, - .child = proc_table, - }, - { .ctl_name = CTL_FS, .procname = "fs", .mode = 0555, @@ -967,10 +960,6 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = { { .ctl_name = 0 } }; -static ctl_table proc_table[] = { - { .ctl_name = 0 } -}; - static ctl_table fs_table[] = { { .ctl_name = FS_NRINODE, _