Re: [PATCH 09/13] firmware_loader: simplify sysctl declaration with register_sysctl_subdir()

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Fri May 29 2020 - 08:09:18 EST


On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:26:13PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 07:41:04AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Move the firmware config sysctl table to fallback_table.c and use the
> > new register_sysctl_subdir() helper. This removes the clutter from
> > kernel/sysctl.c.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 4 ++++
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h | 11 ++++++++++
> > drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++--
> > include/linux/sysctl.h | 1 -
> > kernel/sysctl.c | 7 ------
> > 5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> So it now takes more lines than the old stuff? :(

Pretty much agreed with the other changes, thanks for the review!

But this diff-stat change, indeed, it is unfortunate that we end up
with more code here than before. We'll try to reduce it instead
somehow, however in some cases during this spring-cleaning, since
the goal is to move code from one file to another, it *may* require
more code. So it won't always be negative. But we'll try!

Luis