Re: [PATCH 07/14] sysctl: Add size arg to __register_sysctl_init

From: Joel Granados
Date: Fri Jul 28 2023 - 12:12:08 EST


On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 12:56:36PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 04:06:27PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> > This is part of the effort to remove the sentinel element from the
> > ctl_table array at register time. We add a size argument to
> > __register_sysctl_init and modify the register_sysctl_init macro to
> > calculate the array size with ARRAY_SIZE. The original callers do not
> > need to be updated as they will go through the new macro.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 11 ++---------
> > include/linux/sysctl.h | 5 +++--
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > index c04293911e7e..6c0721cd35f3 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > @@ -1444,16 +1444,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_sz);
> > * Context: if your base directory does not exist it will be created for you.
> > */
> > void __init __register_sysctl_init(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table,
> > - const char *table_name)
> > + const char *table_name, size_t table_size)
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> in the same vein as my comment on another patch.
> Please add table_size to the kernel doc for this function.
Will do.

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Joel Granados

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