[0/4] sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header

Message ID 20240222-sysctl-empty-dir-v1-0-45ba9a6352e8@weissschuh.net
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Series sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header |

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Thomas Weißschuh Feb. 22, 2024, 7:07 a.m. UTC
  Praparation series to enable constification of struct ctl_table further
down the line.
No functional changes are intended.

These changes have been split out and reworked from my original
const sysctl patchset [0].
I'm resubmitting the patchset in smaller chunks for easier review.
Each split-out series is meant to be useful on its own.

Changes since the original series:
* Explicit initializartion of header->type in init_header()
* Some additional cleanups

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231204-const-sysctl-v2-0-7a5060b11447@weissschuh.net/

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Thomas Weißschuh (4):
      sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table
      sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header
      sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check
      sysctl: remove unnecessary sentinel element

 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c  | 19 ++++++++-----------
 include/linux/sysctl.h | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
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base-commit: b401b621758e46812da61fa58a67c3fd8d91de0d
change-id: 20231216-sysctl-empty-dir-71d7631f7bfe

Best regards,
  

Comments

Luis Chamberlain Feb. 22, 2024, 4:03 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 08:07:35AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Praparation series to enable constification of struct ctl_table further
> down the line.
> No functional changes are intended.
> 
> These changes have been split out and reworked from my original
> const sysctl patchset [0].
> I'm resubmitting the patchset in smaller chunks for easier review.
> Each split-out series is meant to be useful on its own.
> 
> Changes since the original series:
> * Explicit initializartion of header->type in init_header()
> * Some additional cleanups
> 
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231204-const-sysctl-v2-0-7a5060b11447@weissschuh.net/

This all looks super sexy to me, but I'd love Eric's feedback on patch
series before merging as he may know some other facts over sysctl_mount_point
I might be missing.

Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>

  Luis