[PATCH sysctl-next 1/2] sysctl: collapse redundant CONFIG_SYSCTL nesting in kernel/sysctl.c

From: Oleg Nesterov

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 12:30:09 EST


After the removal of CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, several #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
blocks ended up nested inside the outer (now the same) CONFIG_SYSCTL
guards.

Collapse them and remove a now-stale "/proc/sys support" comment which
referred to CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 16 ++--------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index f7b75985d542..d0a612c65b08 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);
const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[] = { 0, 1, LONG_MAX };
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_long_vals);

-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL

/* Constants used for minimum and maximum */
static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;

-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-
/**
* enum sysctl_writes_mode - supported sysctl write modes
*
@@ -64,14 +62,6 @@ enum sysctl_writes_mode {
};

static enum sysctl_writes_mode sysctl_writes_strict = SYSCTL_WRITES_STRICT;
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
-
-/*
- * /proc/sys support
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL

static int _proc_do_string(char *data, int maxlen, int dir,
char *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -1366,7 +1356,7 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,

#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */

-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
int proc_do_static_key(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -1398,7 +1388,6 @@ int proc_do_static_key(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
}

static const struct ctl_table sysctl_subsys_table[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
{
.procname = "sysctl_writes_strict",
.data = &sysctl_writes_strict,
@@ -1408,7 +1397,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table sysctl_subsys_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
-#endif
{
.procname = "ngroups_max",
.data = (void *)&ngroups_max,

base-commit: 8d75c338f0bcecaa6c9af67f86c176b67b6acf3e
--
2.52.0