+ struct list_head *header_list;
+ struct ctl_table_header *header;
+ struct ctl_table *new, **prevp;
+ unsigned int n, npath;
+
+ /* Count the path components */
+ for (npath = 0; path[npath].ctl_name || path[npath].procname; ++npath)
+ ;
+
+ /*
+ * For each path component, allocate a 2-element ctl_table array.
+ * The first array element will be filled with the sysctl entry
+ * for this, the second will be the sentinel (ctl_name == 0).
+ *
+ * We allocate everything in one go so that we don't have to
+ * worry about freeing additional memory in unregister_sysctl_table.
+ */
+ header = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ctl_table_header) +
+ (2 * npath * sizeof(struct ctl_table)), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!header)
+ return NULL;
+
+ new = (struct ctl_table *) (header + 1);
+
+ /* Now connect the dots */
+ prevp = &header->ctl_table;
+ for (n = 0; n < npath; ++n, ++path) {
+ /* Copy the procname */
+ new->procname = path->procname;
+ new->ctl_name = path->ctl_name;
+ new->mode = 0555;
+
+ *prevp = new;
+ prevp = &new->child;
+
+ new += 2;
+ }
+ *prevp = table;
+ header->ctl_table_arg = table;
+
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&header->ctl_entry);
+ header->used = 0;
+ header->unregistering = NULL;
+ header->root = root;
+ sysctl_set_parent(NULL, header->ctl_table);
+ if (sysctl_check_table(namespaces, header->ctl_table)) {
+ kfree(header);