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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-01-10 17:44:36 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-01-10 17:44:36 -0800 |
commit | a05aea98d4052dcd63d9d379613058e9e86c76d7 (patch) | |
tree | adaf1bfed3eea5f85ebbba76696fd85f1c47306b /fs/namei.c | |
parent | 78273df7f646f8daf2604ec714bea0897cd03aae (diff) | |
parent | 561429807d50aad76f1205b0b1d7b4aacf365d4e (diff) |
Merge tag 'sysctl-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux
Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain:
"To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a
size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the
sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados
has been doing all this work.
In the v6.6 kernel we got the major infrastructure changes required to
support this. For v6.7 we had all arch/ and drivers/ modified to
remove the sentinel. For v6.8-rc1 we get a few more updates for fs/
directory only.
The kernel/ directory is left but we'll save that for v6.9-rc1 as
those patches are still being reviewed. After that we then can expect
also the removal of the no longer needed check for procname == NULL.
Let us recap the purpose of this work:
- this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array
- the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move
sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files
Thomas Weißschuh also sent a few cleanups, for v6.9-rc1 we expect to
see further work by Thomas Weißschuh with the constificatin of the
struct ctl_table.
Due to Joel Granados's work, and to help bring in new blood, I have
suggested for him to become a maintainer and he's accepted. So for
v6.9-rc1 I look forward to seeing him sent you a pull request for
further sysctl changes. This also removes Iurii Zaikin as a maintainer
as he has moved on to other projects and has had no time to help at
all"
* tag 'sysctl-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux:
sysctl: remove struct ctl_path
sysctl: delete unused define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY_DIR
coda: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
sysctl: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
fs: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
cachefiles: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
sysclt: Clarify the results of selftest run
sysctl: Add a selftest for handling empty dirs
sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers
MAINTAINERS: Add Joel Granados as co-maintainer for proc sysctl
MAINTAINERS: remove Iurii Zaikin from proc sysctl
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index faae721e4d63..963576e67f62 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1071,7 +1071,6 @@ static struct ctl_table namei_sysctls[] = { .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO, .extra2 = SYSCTL_TWO, }, - { } }; static int __init init_fs_namei_sysctls(void) |