On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 08:21:52AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 06:46:22PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

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  f00ff38c1dfa ("sysctl: add and use base directory declarer and registration helper")

I have reverted that complete 6 patch series for today.

I'll be trying to reproduce and fix, thanks for the report!

OK please try this patch, I can boot with this just fine on ppc64le:

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 70acd2a100fd..180adf7da785 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static struct ctl_table _name##_base_table[] = {			\
 		.mode		= 0555,					\
 		.child		= _table,				\
 	},								\
+	{ },								\
 }
 
 extern int __register_sysctl_base(struct ctl_table *base_table);