Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] cleaning up the sysctls table (hung_task watchdog)

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 19 May 2020 11:31:07 +0800 Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kernel/sysctl.c

eek!

> 
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c        |   2 +-
>  include/linux/sched/sysctl.h |  14 +--
>  include/linux/sysctl.h       |  13 ++-
>  kernel/hung_task.c           |  77 +++++++++++++++-
>  kernel/sysctl.c              | 214 +++++++------------------------------------
>  kernel/watchdog.c            | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-)

Here's what we presently have happening in linux-next's kernel/sysctl.c:

 sysctl.c | 3109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1521 insertions(+), 1588 deletions(-)


So this is not a good time for your patch!

Can I suggest that you set the idea aside and take a look after 5.8-rc1
is released?