Re: [PATCH v3 00/14] sysctl: Add a size argument to register functions in sysctl

From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Joel Granados <joel.granados@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/14] sysctl: Add a size argument to register functions in sysctl
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:27:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZNv7wOmUPpCUFnHA@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230809105006.1198165-1-j.granados@samsung.com>

On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 12:49:52PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> What?
> These commits set things up so we can start removing the sentinel elements.
> They modify sysctl and net_sysctl internals so that registering a ctl_table
> that contains a sentinel gives the same result as passing a table_size
> calculated from the ctl_table array without a sentinel. We accomplish this by
> introducing a table_size argument in the same place where procname is checked
> for NULL. The idea is for it to keep stopping when it hits ->procname == NULL,
> while the sentinel is still present. And when the sentinel is removed, it will
> stop on the table_size (thx to jani.nikula@linux.intel.com for the discussion
> that led to this). This allows us to remove sentinels from one (or several)
> files at a time.
> 
> These commits are part of a bigger set containing the removal of ctl_table sentinel
> (https://github.com/Joelgranados/linux/tree/tag/sysctl_remove_empty_elem_V3).
> The idea is to make the review process easier by chunking the 65+ commits into
> manageable pieces.

Thanks, I've dropped the old set and merged this updated one onto sysctl-next.

  Luis