Re: linux-next: manual merge of the sysctl tree with the mm-nonmm-unstable tree

From: Joel Granados

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 04:05:19 EST


On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 09:36:38AM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 01:47:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:39:51 +0100 Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Today's linux-next merge of the sysctl tree got a conflict in:
> > >
> > > kernel/time/jiffies.c
> > >
> > > between commit:
> > >
> > > 842912dea6d51 ("sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL")
> > >
> > > from the mm-nonmm-unstable tree and commit:
> > >
> > > a3c70a5a9f944 ("sysctl: Generate do_proc_doulongvec_minmax with do_proc_dotypevec macro")
> > >
> > > from the sysctl tree.
> >
> > Luis, can you please grab both
> I can put these into sysctl next if needed. Do you still need both of
> them to be there?
>
> >
> > sysctl: move the "cad_pid" entry from pid_table[] to kern_reboot_table[]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/al4C572uhLdBvyzH@xxxxxxxxxx
> I do **not** see this one in next-20260803. I'll just add this to the
> sysctl-next.

This one might cause another conflict in linux next. To solve it just
replace CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL with CONFIG_SYSCTL.

>
> >
> > and
> >
> > sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL
> > https://lore.kernel.org/amdveg1m4E4uQlGv@xxxxxxxxxx
> I see that this one is already in next-20260803. probably went in
> through mm tree.
>
> 23a24c8a95c5 sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL [Oleg Nesterov]

To avoid further conflicts in next I can also take this one into
sysctl-next and handle every thing in my PR to Linus.

Let me know what you decide.

Best

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Joel Granados

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