Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl: move security keys sysctl registration to its own file

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Jun 06 2023 - 16:39:29 EST


On Wed May 31, 2023 at 2:29 AM EEST, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> The security keys sysctls are already declared on its own file,
> just move the sysctl registration to its own file to help avoid
> merge conflicts on sysctls.c, and help with clearing up sysctl.c
> further.
>
> This creates a small penalty of 23 bytes:
>
> ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.1 vmlinux.2
> add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 49/-26 (23)
> Function old new delta
> init_security_keys_sysctls - 33 +33
> __pfx_init_security_keys_sysctls - 16 +16
> sysctl_init_bases 85 59 -26
> Total: Before=21256937, After=21256960, chg +0.00%
>
> But soon we'll be saving tons of bytes anyway, as we modify the
> sysctl registrations to use ARRAY_SIZE and so we get rid of all the
> empty array elements so let's just clean this up now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/key.h | 3 ---
> kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ----
> security/keys/sysctl.c | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko