Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/sysctl-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/sysctl-2.6: (43 commits)
  security/tomoyo: Remove now unnecessary handling of security_sysctl.
  security/tomoyo: Add a special case to handle accesses through the internal proc mount.
  sysctl: Drop & in front of every proc_handler.
  sysctl: Remove CTL_NONE and CTL_UNNUMBERED
  sysctl: kill dead ctl_handler definitions.
  sysctl: Remove the last of the generic binary sysctl support
  sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl code
  sysctl security/tomoyo: Don't look at ctl_name
  sysctl arm: Remove binary sysctl support
  sysctl x86: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl sh: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl powerpc: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl ia64: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl s390: Remove dead sysctl binary support
  sysctl frv: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl mips/lasat: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl drivers: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl crypto: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl security/keys: Remove dead binary sysctl support
  sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic
  ...

30 files changed, 60 insertions, 710 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/isa.c b/arch/arm/kernel/isa.c
index 8ac9b842400..34648591073 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/isa.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/isa.c
@@ -22,47 +22,42 @@ static unsigned int isa_membase, isa_portbase, isa_portshift;
 
 static ctl_table ctl_isa_vars[4] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= BUS_ISA_MEM_BASE,
 		.procname	= "membase",
 		.data		= &isa_membase, 
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(isa_membase),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	}, {
-		.ctl_name	= BUS_ISA_PORT_BASE,
 		.procname	= "portbase",
 		.data		= &isa_portbase, 
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(isa_portbase),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	}, {
-		.ctl_name	= BUS_ISA_PORT_SHIFT,
 		.procname	= "portshift",
 		.data		= &isa_portshift, 
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(isa_portshift),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-	}, {0}
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	}, {}
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *isa_sysctl_header;
 
 static ctl_table ctl_isa[2] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_BUS_ISA,
 		.procname	= "isa",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= ctl_isa_vars,
-	}, {0}
+	}, {}
 };
 
 static ctl_table ctl_bus[2] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_BUS,
 		.procname	= "bus",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= ctl_isa,
-	}, {0}
+	}, {}
 };
 
 void __init
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/arch.c b/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/arch.c
index 0da693b0f7e..fbe6fa02c88 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/arch.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcmring/arch.c
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ HW_DECLARE_SPINLOCK(gpio)
     EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcmring_gpio_reg_lock);
 #endif
 
-/* FIXME: temporary solution */
-#define BCM_SYSCTL_REBOOT_WARM               1
-#define CTL_BCM_REBOOT                 112
-
 /* sysctl */
 int bcmring_arch_warm_reboot;	/* do a warm reboot on hard reset */
 
@@ -58,18 +54,16 @@ static struct ctl_table_header *bcmring_sysctl_header;
 
 static struct ctl_table bcmring_sysctl_warm_reboot[] = {
 	{
-	 .ctl_name = BCM_SYSCTL_REBOOT_WARM,
 	 .procname = "warm",
 	 .data = &bcmring_arch_warm_reboot,
 	 .maxlen = sizeof(int),
 	 .mode = 0644,
-	 .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec},
+	 .proc_handler = proc_dointvec},
 	{}
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table bcmring_sysctl_reboot[] = {
 	{
-	 .ctl_name = CTL_BCM_REBOOT,
 	 .procname = "reboot",
 	 .mode = 0555,
 	 .child = bcmring_sysctl_warm_reboot},
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/pm.c b/arch/frv/kernel/pm.c
index 0d4d3e3a4cf..5fa3889d858 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/pm.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/pm.c
@@ -211,37 +211,6 @@ static int cmode_procctl(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	return try_set_cmode(new_cmode)?:*lenp;
 }
 
-static int cmode_sysctl(ctl_table *table,
-			void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
-			void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	if (oldval && oldlenp) {
-		size_t oldlen;
-
-		if (get_user(oldlen, oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		if (oldlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (put_user(clock_cmode_current, (unsigned __user *)oldval) ||
-		    put_user(sizeof(int), oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	if (newval && newlen) {
-		int new_cmode;
-
-		if (newlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (get_user(new_cmode, (int __user *)newval))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		return try_set_cmode(new_cmode)?:1;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int try_set_p0(int new_p0)
 {
 	unsigned long flags, clkc;
@@ -314,37 +283,6 @@ static int p0_procctl(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	return try_set_p0(new_p0)?:*lenp;
 }
 
-static int p0_sysctl(ctl_table *table,
-		     void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
-		     void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	if (oldval && oldlenp) {
-		size_t oldlen;
-
-		if (get_user(oldlen, oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		if (oldlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (put_user(clock_p0_current, (unsigned __user *)oldval) ||
-		    put_user(sizeof(int), oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	if (newval && newlen) {
-		int new_p0;
-
-		if (newlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (get_user(new_p0, (int __user *)newval))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		return try_set_p0(new_p0)?:1;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int cm_procctl(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 		      void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *fpos)
 {
@@ -358,87 +296,47 @@ static int cm_procctl(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	return try_set_cm(new_cm)?:*lenp;
 }
 
-static int cm_sysctl(ctl_table *table,
-		     void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
-		     void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	if (oldval && oldlenp) {
-		size_t oldlen;
-
-		if (get_user(oldlen, oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		if (oldlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (put_user(clock_cm_current, (unsigned __user *)oldval) ||
-		    put_user(sizeof(int), oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	if (newval && newlen) {
-		int new_cm;
-
-		if (newlen != sizeof(int))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (get_user(new_cm, (int __user *)newval))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		return try_set_cm(new_cm)?:1;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-
 static struct ctl_table pm_table[] =
 {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PM_SUSPEND,
 		.procname	= "suspend",
 		.data		= NULL,
 		.maxlen		= 0,
 		.mode		= 0200,
-		.proc_handler	= &sysctl_pm_do_suspend,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_pm_do_suspend,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PM_CMODE,
 		.procname	= "cmode",
 		.data		= &clock_cmode_current,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &cmode_procctl,
-		.strategy	= &cmode_sysctl,
+		.proc_handler	= cmode_procctl,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PM_P0,
 		.procname	= "p0",
 		.data		= &clock_p0_current,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &p0_procctl,
-		.strategy	= &p0_sysctl,
+		.proc_handler	= p0_procctl,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PM_CM,
 		.procname	= "cm",
 		.data		= &clock_cm_current,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &cm_procctl,
-		.strategy	= &cm_sysctl,
+		.proc_handler	= cm_procctl,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0}
+	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table pm_dir_table[] =
 {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_PM,
 		.procname	= "pm",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= pm_table,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0}
+	{ }
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c b/arch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c
index 3e9d7e03fb9..035516cb7a9 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -176,21 +176,19 @@ static int procctl_frv_pin_cxnr(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
 static struct ctl_table frv_table[] =
 {
 	{
-		.ctl_name 	= 1,
 		.procname 	= "cache-mode",
 		.data		= NULL,
 		.maxlen		= 0,
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &procctl_frv_cachemode,
+		.proc_handler	= procctl_frv_cachemode,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= 2,
 		.procname	= "pin-cxnr",
 		.data		= NULL,
 		.maxlen		= 0,
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &procctl_frv_pin_cxnr
+		.proc_handler	= procctl_frv_pin_cxnr
 	},
 #endif
 	{}
@@ -203,7 +201,6 @@ static struct ctl_table frv_table[] =
 static struct ctl_table frv_dir_table[] =
 {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_FRV,
 		.procname	= "frv",
 		.mode 		= 0555,
 		.child		= frv_table
diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S b/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
index af9405cd70e..10c37510f4b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ ia32_syscall_table:
 	data8 compat_sys_writev
 	data8 sys_getsid
 	data8 sys_fdatasync
-	data8 sys32_sysctl
+	data8 compat_sys_sysctl
 	data8 sys_mlock		  /* 150 */
 	data8 sys_munlock
 	data8 sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index 625ed8f76fc..429ec968c9e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -1628,61 +1628,6 @@ sys32_msync (unsigned int start, unsigned int len, int flags)
 	return sys_msync(addr, len + (start - addr), flags);
 }
 
-struct sysctl32 {
-	unsigned int	name;
-	int		nlen;
-	unsigned int	oldval;
-	unsigned int	oldlenp;
-	unsigned int	newval;
-	unsigned int	newlen;
-	unsigned int	__unused[4];
-};
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-asmlinkage long
-sys32_sysctl (struct sysctl32 __user *args)
-{
-	struct sysctl32 a32;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs ();
-	void __user *oldvalp, *newvalp;
-	size_t oldlen;
-	int __user *namep;
-	long ret;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&a32, args, sizeof(a32)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	/*
-	 * We need to pre-validate these because we have to disable address checking
-	 * before calling do_sysctl() because of OLDLEN but we can't run the risk of the
-	 * user specifying bad addresses here.  Well, since we're dealing with 32 bit
-	 * addresses, we KNOW that access_ok() will always succeed, so this is an
-	 * expensive NOP, but so what...
-	 */
-	namep = (int __user *) compat_ptr(a32.name);
-	oldvalp = compat_ptr(a32.oldval);
-	newvalp = compat_ptr(a32.newval);
-
-	if ((oldvalp && get_user(oldlen, (int __user *) compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp)))
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, namep, 0)
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, oldvalp, 0)
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, newvalp, 0))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = do_sysctl(namep, a32.nlen, oldvalp, (size_t __user *) &oldlen,
-			newvalp, (size_t) a32.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-
-	if (oldvalp && put_user (oldlen, (int __user *) compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
-
 asmlinkage long
 sys32_newuname (struct new_utsname __user *name)
 {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
index 6631a9dfafd..b942f4032d7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -239,32 +239,29 @@ kdump_init_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, void *data)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static ctl_table kdump_ctl_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname = "kdump_on_init",
 		.data = &kdump_on_init,
 		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
 		.mode = 0644,
-		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname = "kdump_on_fatal_mca",
 		.data = &kdump_on_fatal_mca,
 		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
 		.mode = 0644,
-		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 
 static ctl_table sys_table[] = {
 	{
-	  .ctl_name = CTL_KERN,
 	  .procname = "kernel",
 	  .mode = 0555,
 	  .child = kdump_ctl_table,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index f1782705b1f..402698b6689 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -522,42 +522,37 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfm_sysctl);
 
 static ctl_table pfm_ctl_table[]={
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "debug",
 		.data		= &pfm_sysctl.debug,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0666,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "debug_ovfl",
 		.data		= &pfm_sysctl.debug_ovfl,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0666,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "fastctxsw",
 		.data		= &pfm_sysctl.fastctxsw,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0600,
-		.proc_handler	=  &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "expert_mode",
 		.data		= &pfm_sysctl.expert_mode,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0600,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{}
 };
 static ctl_table pfm_sysctl_dir[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "perfmon",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= pfm_ctl_table,
@@ -566,7 +561,6 @@ static ctl_table pfm_sysctl_dir[] = {
 };
 static ctl_table pfm_sysctl_root[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
 		.procname	= "kernel",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= pfm_sysctl_dir,
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index b77fefaff9d..1a2793efdc4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -265,67 +265,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(n32_msgrcv, int, msqid, u32, msgp, size_t, msgsz,
 }
 #endif
 
-struct sysctl_args32
-{
-	compat_caddr_t name;
-	int nlen;
-	compat_caddr_t oldval;
-	compat_caddr_t oldlenp;
-	compat_caddr_t newval;
-	compat_size_t newlen;
-	unsigned int __unused[4];
-};
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_sysctl, struct sysctl_args32 __user *, args)
-{
-	struct sysctl_args32 tmp;
-	int error;
-	size_t oldlen;
-	size_t __user *oldlenp = NULL;
-	unsigned long addr = (((unsigned long)&args->__unused[0]) + 7) & ~7;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (tmp.oldval && tmp.oldlenp) {
-		/* Duh, this is ugly and might not work if sysctl_args
-		   is in read-only memory, but do_sysctl does indirectly
-		   a lot of uaccess in both directions and we'd have to
-		   basically copy the whole sysctl.c here, and
-		   glibc's __sysctl uses rw memory for the structure
-		   anyway.  */
-		if (get_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)A(tmp.oldlenp)) ||
-		    put_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr;
-	}
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_sysctl((int __user *)A(tmp.name), tmp.nlen, (void __user *)A(tmp.oldval),
-			  oldlenp, (void __user *)A(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	if (oldlenp) {
-		if (!error) {
-			if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) ||
-			    put_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)A(tmp.oldlenp)))
-				error = -EFAULT;
-		}
-		copy_to_user(args->__unused, tmp.__unused, sizeof(tmp.__unused));
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
-#else
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_sysctl, struct sysctl_args32 __user *, args)
-{
-	return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL */
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index 6ebc0797669..8a0be0bdeba 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
 	PTR	sys_munlockall
 	PTR	sys_vhangup			/* 6150 */
 	PTR	sys_pivot_root
-	PTR	sys_32_sysctl
+	PTR	compat_sys_sysctl
 	PTR	sys_prctl
 	PTR	compat_sys_adjtimex
 	PTR	compat_sys_setrlimit		/* 6155 */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index 14dde4ca932..41dbdb7d67e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_ni_syscall			/* 4150 */
 	PTR	sys_getsid
 	PTR	sys_fdatasync
-	PTR	sys_32_sysctl
+	PTR	compat_sys_sysctl
 	PTR	sys_mlock
 	PTR	sys_munlock			/* 4155 */
 	PTR	sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c b/arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c
index b3deed8db61..14b9a28a4ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c
@@ -37,23 +37,6 @@
 #include "ds1603.h"
 #endif
 
-/* Strategy function to write EEPROM after changing string entry */
-int sysctl_lasatstring(ctl_table *table,
-		void *oldval, size_t *oldlenp,
-		void *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	int r;
-
-	r = sysctl_string(table, oldval, oldlenp, newval, newlen);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return r;
-
-	if (newval && newlen)
-		lasat_write_eeprom_info();
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 
 /* And the same for proc */
 int proc_dolasatstring(ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -113,46 +96,6 @@ int proc_dolasatrtc(ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Sysctl for setting the IP addresses */
-int sysctl_lasat_intvec(ctl_table *table,
-		    void *oldval, size_t *oldlenp,
-		    void *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	int r;
-
-	r = sysctl_intvec(table, oldval, oldlenp, newval, newlen);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return r;
-
-	if (newval && newlen)
-		lasat_write_eeprom_info();
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DS1603
-/* Same for RTC */
-int sysctl_lasat_rtc(ctl_table *table,
-		    void *oldval, size_t *oldlenp,
-		    void *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	struct timespec ts;
-	int r;
-
-	read_persistent_clock(&ts);
-	rtctmp = ts.tv_sec;
-	if (rtctmp < 0)
-		rtctmp = 0;
-	r = sysctl_intvec(table, oldval, oldlenp, newval, newlen);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return r;
-	if (newval && newlen)
-		rtc_mips_set_mmss(rtctmp);
-
-	return r;
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 int proc_lasat_ip(ctl_table *table, int write,
 		       void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -214,23 +157,6 @@ int proc_lasat_ip(ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 #endif
 
-static int sysctl_lasat_prid(ctl_table *table,
-				     void *oldval, size_t *oldlenp,
-				     void *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
-	int r;
-
-	r = sysctl_intvec(table, oldval, oldlenp, newval, newlen);
-	if (r < 0)
-		return r;
-	if (newval && newlen) {
-		lasat_board_info.li_eeprom_info.prid = *(int *)newval;
-		lasat_write_eeprom_info();
-		lasat_init_board_info();
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int proc_lasat_prid(ctl_table *table, int write,
 		       void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -252,115 +178,92 @@ extern int lasat_boot_to_service;
 
 static ctl_table lasat_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "cpu-hz",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_cpu_hz,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "bus-hz",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_bus_hz,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "bmid",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_bmid,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "prid",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_prid,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_lasat_prid,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_lasat_prid
-	},
+		.proc_handler	= proc_lasat_prid,
+.	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "ipaddr",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_eeprom_info.ipaddr,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_lasat_ip,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_lasat_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_lasat_ip,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "netmask",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_eeprom_info.netmask,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_lasat_ip,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_lasat_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_lasat_ip,
 	},
 #endif
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "passwd_hash",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_eeprom_info.passwd_hash,
 		.maxlen		=
 			sizeof(lasat_board_info.li_eeprom_info.passwd_hash),
 		.mode		= 0600,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dolasatstring,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_lasatstring
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dolasatstring,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "boot-service",
 		.data		= &lasat_boot_to_service,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_DS1603
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "rtc",
 		.data		= &rtctmp,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dolasatrtc,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_lasat_rtc
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dolasatrtc,
 	},
 #endif
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "namestr",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_namestr,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(lasat_board_info.li_namestr),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dostring,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_string
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dostring,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "typestr",
 		.data		= &lasat_board_info.li_typestr,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(lasat_board_info.li_typestr),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dostring,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_string
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dostring,
 	},
 	{}
 };
 
 static ctl_table lasat_root_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "lasat",
 		.mode		=  0555,
 		.child		= lasat_table
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c
index 561388b17c9..76d23ec8dfa 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c
@@ -90,77 +90,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_unimplemented(int r26, int r25, int r24, int r23,
     return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-
-struct __sysctl_args32 {
-	u32 name;
-	int nlen;
-	u32 oldval;
-	u32 oldlenp;
-	u32 newval;
-	u32 newlen;
-	u32 __unused[4];
-};
-
-asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args32 __user *args)
-{
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-	return -ENOSYS;
-#else
-	struct __sysctl_args32 tmp;
-	int error;
-	unsigned int oldlen32;
-	size_t oldlen, __user *oldlenp = NULL;
-	unsigned long addr = (((long __force)&args->__unused[0]) + 7) & ~7;
-
-	DBG(("sysctl32(%p)\n", args));
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (tmp.oldval && tmp.oldlenp) {
-		/* Duh, this is ugly and might not work if sysctl_args
-		   is in read-only memory, but do_sysctl does indirectly
-		   a lot of uaccess in both directions and we'd have to
-		   basically copy the whole sysctl.c here, and
-		   glibc's __sysctl uses rw memory for the structure
-		   anyway.  */
-		/* a possibly better hack than this, which will avoid the
-		 * problem if the struct is read only, is to push the
-		 * 'oldlen' value out to the user's stack instead. -PB
-		 */
-		if (get_user(oldlen32, (u32 *)(u64)tmp.oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		oldlen = oldlen32;
-		if (put_user(oldlen, (size_t *)addr))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		oldlenp = (size_t *)addr;
-	}
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_sysctl((int __user *)(u64)tmp.name, tmp.nlen,
-			  (void __user *)(u64)tmp.oldval, oldlenp,
-			  (void __user *)(u64)tmp.newval, tmp.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	if (oldlenp) {
-		if (!error) {
-			if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t *)addr)) {
-				error = -EFAULT;
-			} else {
-				oldlen32 = oldlen;
-				if (put_user(oldlen32, (u32 *)(u64)tmp.oldlenp))
-					error = -EFAULT;
-			}
-		}
-		if (copy_to_user(args->__unused, tmp.__unused, sizeof(tmp.__unused)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return error;
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
-
 asmlinkage long sys32_sched_rr_get_interval(pid_t pid,
 	struct compat_timespec __user *interval)
 {
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
index 843f423dec6..01c4fcf8f48 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 	ENTRY_SAME(getsid)
 	ENTRY_SAME(fdatasync)
 	/* struct __sysctl_args is a mess */
-	ENTRY_DIFF(sysctl)
+	ENTRY_COMP(sysctl)
 	ENTRY_SAME(mlock)		/* 150 */
 	ENTRY_SAME(munlock)
 	ENTRY_SAME(mlockall)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
index 88d9c1d5e5f..049dda60e47 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -110,18 +110,16 @@ int powersave_nap;
  */
 static ctl_table powersave_nap_ctl_table[]={
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= KERN_PPC_POWERSAVE_NAP,
 		.procname	= "powersave-nap",
 		.data		= &powersave_nap,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{}
 };
 static ctl_table powersave_nap_sysctl_root[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
 		.procname	= "kernel",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= powersave_nap_ctl_table,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index b97c2d67f4a..c5a4732bcc4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -520,58 +520,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_umask(u32 mask)
 	return sys_umask((int)mask);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-struct __sysctl_args32 {
-	u32 name;
-	int nlen;
-	u32 oldval;
-	u32 oldlenp;
-	u32 newval;
-	u32 newlen;
-	u32 __unused[4];
-};
-
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args32 __user *args)
-{
-	struct __sysctl_args32 tmp;
-	int error;
-	size_t oldlen;
-	size_t __user *oldlenp = NULL;
-	unsigned long addr = (((unsigned long)&args->__unused[0]) + 7) & ~7;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (tmp.oldval && tmp.oldlenp) {
-		/* Duh, this is ugly and might not work if sysctl_args
-		   is in read-only memory, but do_sysctl does indirectly
-		   a lot of uaccess in both directions and we'd have to
-		   basically copy the whole sysctl.c here, and
-		   glibc's __sysctl uses rw memory for the structure
-		   anyway.  */
-		oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr;
-		if (get_user(oldlen, (compat_size_t __user *)compat_ptr(tmp.oldlenp)) ||
-		    put_user(oldlen, oldlenp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_sysctl(compat_ptr(tmp.name), tmp.nlen,
-			  compat_ptr(tmp.oldval), oldlenp,
-			  compat_ptr(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	if (oldlenp) {
-		if (!error) {
-			if (get_user(oldlen, oldlenp) ||
-			    put_user(oldlen, (compat_size_t __user *)compat_ptr(tmp.oldlenp)))
-				error = -EFAULT;
-		}
-		copy_to_user(args->__unused, tmp.__unused, sizeof(tmp.__unused));
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-#endif
-
 unsigned long compat_sys_mmap2(unsigned long addr, size_t len,
 			  unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
 			  unsigned long fd, unsigned long pgoff)
diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
index b55fd7ed1c3..495589950dc 100644
--- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
+++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ static struct ctl_table appldata_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "timer",
 		.mode		= S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.proc_handler	= &appldata_timer_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= appldata_timer_handler,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "interval",
 		.mode		= S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.proc_handler	= &appldata_interval_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= appldata_interval_handler,
 	},
 	{ },
 };
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
index 0debcec23a3..fda1a8123f9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
@@ -527,59 +527,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sendfile64(int out_fd, int in_fd,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-struct __sysctl_args32 {
-	u32 name;
-	int nlen;
-	u32 oldval;
-	u32 oldlenp;
-	u32 newval;
-	u32 newlen;
-	u32 __unused[4];
-};
-
-asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args32 __user *args)
-{
-	struct __sysctl_args32 tmp;
-	int error;
-	size_t oldlen;
-	size_t __user *oldlenp = NULL;
-	unsigned long addr = (((unsigned long)&args->__unused[0]) + 7) & ~7;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (tmp.oldval && tmp.oldlenp) {
-		/* Duh, this is ugly and might not work if sysctl_args
-		   is in read-only memory, but do_sysctl does indirectly
-		   a lot of uaccess in both directions and we'd have to
-		   basically copy the whole sysctl.c here, and
-		   glibc's __sysctl uses rw memory for the structure
-		   anyway.  */
-		if (get_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)compat_ptr(tmp.oldlenp)) ||
-		    put_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr;
-	}
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_sysctl(compat_ptr(tmp.name), tmp.nlen, compat_ptr(tmp.oldval),
-			  oldlenp, compat_ptr(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	if (oldlenp) {
-		if (!error) {
-			if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) ||
-			    put_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)compat_ptr(tmp.oldlenp)))
-				error = -EFAULT;
-		}
-		if (copy_to_user(args->__unused, tmp.__unused,
-				 sizeof(tmp.__unused)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-#endif
-
 struct stat64_emu31 {
 	unsigned long long  st_dev;
 	unsigned int    __pad1;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
index c07f9ca05ad..45e9092b3aa 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ struct ucontext32 {
 	compat_sigset_t		uc_sigmask;	/* mask last for extensibility */
 };
 
-struct __sysctl_args32;
 struct stat64_emu31;
 struct mmap_arg_struct_emu31;
 struct fadvise64_64_args;
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ long sys32_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, compat_off_t __user *offset,
 		    size_t count);
 long sys32_sendfile64(int out_fd, int in_fd, compat_loff_t __user *offset,
 		      s32 count);
-long sys32_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args32 __user *args);
 long sys32_stat64(char __user * filename, struct stat64_emu31 __user * statbuf);
 long sys32_lstat64(char __user * filename,
 		   struct stat64_emu31 __user * statbuf);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index cbd9901dc0f..30de2d0e52b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ sys32_fdatasync_wrapper:
 	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# unsigned int
 	jg	sys_fdatasync		# branch to system call
 
-#sys32_sysctl_wrapper			# tbd
-
 	.globl	sys32_mlock_wrapper
 sys32_mlock_wrapper:
 	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# unsigned long
@@ -1087,8 +1085,8 @@ sys32_stime_wrapper:
 
 	.globl	sys32_sysctl_wrapper
 sys32_sysctl_wrapper:
-	llgtr	%r2,%r2 		# struct __sysctl_args32 *
-	jg	sys32_sysctl
+	llgtr	%r2,%r2 		# struct compat_sysctl_args *
+	jg	compat_sys_sysctl
 
 	.globl	sys32_fstat64_wrapper
 sys32_fstat64_wrapper:
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
index 20f282c911c..071c81f179e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
@@ -893,35 +893,30 @@ s390dbf_procactive(ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 static struct ctl_table s390dbf_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name       = CTL_S390DBF_STOPPABLE,
 		.procname       = "debug_stoppable",
 		.data		= &debug_stoppable,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode           = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	 {
-		.ctl_name       = CTL_S390DBF_ACTIVE,
 		.procname       = "debug_active",
 		.data		= &debug_active,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode           = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.proc_handler   = &s390dbf_procactive,
-		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.proc_handler   = s390dbf_procactive,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table s390dbf_dir_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name       = CTL_S390DBF,
 		.procname       = "s390dbf",
 		.maxlen         = 0,
 		.mode           = S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 		.child          = s390dbf_table,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *s390dbf_sysctl_header;
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/cmm.c b/arch/s390/mm/cmm.c
index b201135cc18..ff58779bf7e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/cmm.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/cmm.c
@@ -343,30 +343,29 @@ static struct ctl_table cmm_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "cmm_pages",
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &cmm_pages_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= cmm_pages_handler,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "cmm_timed_pages",
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &cmm_pages_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= cmm_pages_handler,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "cmm_timeout",
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &cmm_timeout_handler,
+		.proc_handler	= cmm_timeout_handler,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table cmm_dir_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_VM,
 		.procname	= "vm",
 		.maxlen		= 0,
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= cmm_table,
 	},
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+	{ }
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/traps_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/traps_64.c
index 267e5ebbb47..75c0cbe2eda 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/traps_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/traps_64.c
@@ -877,44 +877,39 @@ static int misaligned_fixup(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 static ctl_table unaligned_table[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "kernel_reports",
 		.data		= &kernel_mode_unaligned_fixup_count,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "user_reports",
 		.data		= &user_mode_unaligned_fixup_count,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "user_enable",
 		.data		= &user_mode_unaligned_fixup_enable,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec},
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec},
 	{}
 };
 
 static ctl_table unaligned_root[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "unaligned_fixup",
 		.mode		= 0555,
-		unaligned_table
+		.child		= unaligned_table
 	},
 	{}
 };
 
 static ctl_table sh64_root[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "sh64",
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= unaligned_root
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
index 04e28b2671c..f862372074b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
@@ -591,63 +591,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;       
 }
 
-struct __sysctl_args32 {
-	u32 name;
-	int nlen;
-	u32 oldval;
-	u32 oldlenp;
-	u32 newval;
-	u32 newlen;
-	u32 __unused[4];
-};
-
-asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args32 __user *args)
-{
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-	return -ENOSYS;
-#else
-	struct __sysctl_args32 tmp;
-	int error;
-	size_t oldlen, __user *oldlenp = NULL;
-	unsigned long addr = (((unsigned long)&args->__unused[0]) + 7UL) & ~7UL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (tmp.oldval && tmp.oldlenp) {
-		/* Duh, this is ugly and might not work if sysctl_args
-		   is in read-only memory, but do_sysctl does indirectly
-		   a lot of uaccess in both directions and we'd have to
-		   basically copy the whole sysctl.c here, and
-		   glibc's __sysctl uses rw memory for the structure
-		   anyway.  */
-		if (get_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)(unsigned long)tmp.oldlenp) ||
-		    put_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr;
-	}
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_sysctl((int __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.name,
-			  tmp.nlen,
-			  (void __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.oldval,
-			  oldlenp,
-			  (void __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.newval,
-			  tmp.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	if (oldlenp) {
-		if (!error) {
-			if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) ||
-			    put_user(oldlen, (u32 __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.oldlenp))
-				error = -EFAULT;
-		}
-		if (copy_to_user(args->__unused, tmp.__unused, sizeof(tmp.__unused)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return error;
-#endif
-}
-
 long sys32_lookup_dcookie(unsigned long cookie_high,
 			  unsigned long cookie_low,
 			  char __user *buf, size_t len)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
index 009825f6e73..034b10e0d4b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sys_call_table32:
 	.word compat_sys_fstatfs64, sys_llseek, sys_mlock, sys_munlock, sys32_mlockall
 /*240*/	.word sys_munlockall, sys32_sched_setparam, sys32_sched_getparam, sys32_sched_setscheduler, sys32_sched_getscheduler
 	.word sys_sched_yield, sys32_sched_get_priority_max, sys32_sched_get_priority_min, sys32_sched_rr_get_interval, compat_sys_nanosleep
-/*250*/	.word sys32_mremap, sys32_sysctl, sys32_getsid, sys_fdatasync, sys32_nfsservctl
+/*250*/	.word sys32_mremap, compat_sys_sysctl, sys32_getsid, sys_fdatasync, sys32_nfsservctl
 	.word sys32_sync_file_range, compat_sys_clock_settime, compat_sys_clock_gettime, compat_sys_clock_getres, sys32_clock_nanosleep
 /*260*/	.word compat_sys_sched_getaffinity, compat_sys_sched_setaffinity, sys32_timer_settime, compat_sys_timer_gettime, sys_timer_getoverrun
 	.word sys_timer_delete, compat_sys_timer_create, sys_ni_syscall, compat_sys_io_setup, sys_io_destroy
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index 581b0568fe1..5d2584839be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad compat_sys_writev
 	.quad sys_getsid
 	.quad sys_fdatasync
-	.quad sys32_sysctl	/* sysctl */
+	.quad compat_sys_sysctl	/* sysctl */
 	.quad sys_mlock		/* 150 */
 	.quad sys_munlock
 	.quad sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index 9f552719882..df82c0e48de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -434,62 +434,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigqueueinfo(int pid, int sig,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-struct sysctl_ia32 {
-	unsigned int	name;
-	int		nlen;
-	unsigned int	oldval;
-	unsigned int	oldlenp;
-	unsigned int	newval;
-	unsigned int	newlen;
-	unsigned int	__unused[4];
-};
-
-
-asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct sysctl_ia32 __user *args32)
-{
-	struct sysctl_ia32 a32;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	void __user *oldvalp, *newvalp;
-	size_t oldlen;
-	int __user *namep;
-	long ret;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&a32, args32, sizeof(a32)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	/*
-	 * We need to pre-validate these because we have to disable
-	 * address checking before calling do_sysctl() because of
-	 * OLDLEN but we can't run the risk of the user specifying bad
-	 * addresses here.  Well, since we're dealing with 32 bit
-	 * addresses, we KNOW that access_ok() will always succeed, so
-	 * this is an expensive NOP, but so what...
-	 */
-	namep = compat_ptr(a32.name);
-	oldvalp = compat_ptr(a32.oldval);
-	newvalp =  compat_ptr(a32.newval);
-
-	if ((oldvalp && get_user(oldlen, (int __user *)compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp)))
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, namep, 0)
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, oldvalp, 0)
-	    || !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, newvalp, 0))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = do_sysctl(namep, a32.nlen, oldvalp, (size_t __user *)&oldlen,
-			newvalp, (size_t) a32.newlen);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-
-	if (oldvalp && put_user(oldlen, (int __user *)compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
-
 /* warning: next two assume little endian */
 asmlinkage long sys32_pread(unsigned int fd, char __user *ubuf, u32 count,
 			    u32 poslo, u32 poshi)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
index 72a6dcd1299..9af9decb38c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sched_rr_get_interval(compat_pid_t,
 asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigpending(compat_sigset_t __user *, compat_size_t);
 asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigqueueinfo(int, int, compat_siginfo_t __user *);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-struct sysctl_ia32;
-asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct sysctl_ia32 __user *);
-#endif
-
 asmlinkage long sys32_pread(unsigned int, char __user *, u32, u32, u32);
 asmlinkage long sys32_pwrite(unsigned int, char __user *, u32, u32, u32);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 8cb4974ff59..e02d92d12bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static ctl_table kernel_table2[] = {
 };
 
 static ctl_table kernel_root_table2[] = {
-	{ .ctl_name = CTL_KERN, .procname = "kernel", .mode = 0555,
+	{ .procname = "kernel", .mode = 0555,
 	  .child = kernel_table2 },
 	{}
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
index 58bc00f68b1..02b442e9200 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ static ctl_table abi_table2[] = {
 
 static ctl_table abi_root_table2[] = {
 	{
-		.ctl_name = CTL_ABI,
 		.procname = "abi",
 		.mode = 0555,
 		.child = abi_table2