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    ipv6 addrconf: remove addrconf_sysctl_hop_limit() · cb9e684e
    Maciej Żenczykowski authored
    This is an effective no-op in terms of user observable behaviour.
    
    By preventing the overwrite of non-null extra1/extra2 fields
    in addrconf_sysctl() we can enable the use of proc_dointvec_minmax().
    
    This allows us to eliminate the constant min/max (1..255) trampoline
    function that is addrconf_sysctl_hop_limit().
    
    This is nice because it simplifies the code, and allows future
    sysctls with constant min/max limits to also not require trampolines.
    
    We still can't eliminate the trampoline for mtu because it isn't
    actually a constant (it depends on other tunables of the device)
    and thus requires at-write-time logic to enforce range.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMaciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarErik Kline <ek@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    cb9e684e
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