Thread (30 messages) 30 messages, 7 authors, 2024-12-19

Re: [PATCH v3 -next 00/15] sysctl: move sysctls from vm_table into its own files

From: Joel Granados <hidden>
Date: 2024-10-24 09:00:04
Also in: linux-fsdevel, linux-mm, linux-nfs, linux-sh, lkml, netdev

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 04:07:10PM +0800, yukaixiong wrote:
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  mm/swap.c                          |  16 ++-
  mm/swap.h                          |   1 +
  mm/util.c                          |  67 +++++++--
  mm/vmscan.c                        |  23 +++
  mm/vmstat.c                        |  44 +++++-
  net/sunrpc/auth.c                  |   2 +-
  security/min_addr.c                |  11 ++
  23 files changed, 330 insertions(+), 312 deletions(-)

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2.34.1
General comment for the patchset in general. I would consider making the
new sysctl tables const. There is an effort for doing this and it has
already lanted in linux-next. So if you base your patch from a recent
next release, then it should just work. If you *do* decide to add a
const qualifier, then note that you will create a dependency with the
sysctl patchset currently in next and that will have to go in before.

Best
Sorry,  I don't understand what is the meaning of "create a dependency 
with the sysctl patchset".
The patches in the sysctl subsys that allow you to qualify the ctl_table
as const are not in mainline yet. They are in linux-next. This means
that if these patches go into the next kernel release before the
sysctl-next branch, it will have compilation errors. Therefore the
sysctl-next branch needs to be pulled in to the new kernel release
before this patchest. This also means that for this to build properly it
has to be based on a linux-next release.
Do you just want me to change all "static struct ctl_table" type table 
into "static const struct ctl_table" type in my patchset?
You should const qualify them if the maintainer that is pulling in these
patches is ok with it. You should *not* const qualify them if the
maintainer prefers otherwise.

Please get back to me if I did not address your questions.

Best

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Joel Granados
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