Re: [PATCH] Fix regression due to "fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file"

[Tong Zhang]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 1:46 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OK I think the issue here should have been that declaring this on
> fs/binfmt_misc.c creates the chicken and the egg issue, and so we
> need to do this on built-in code. Instead of your patch can you try
> this instead, it just always creates the sysctl mount always now
> so long as proc sysctl is enabled. It does not do the unregistration
> as we always want the path present as it used to be before as well.
>
> diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
> index 57edef16dce4..4f4739c9405c 100644
> --- a/fs/file_table.c
> +++ b/fs/file_table.c
> @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_stat_sysctls[] = {
>  static int __init init_fs_stat_sysctls(void)
>  {
>         register_sysctl_init("fs", fs_stat_sysctls);
> +       register_sysctl_mount_point("fs/binfmt_misc");
>         return 0;
>  }
>  fs_initcall(init_fs_stat_sysctls);

I'm looking at the original code, and it seems that if we don't select
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC at all,
this file won't be created. This would suggest an IF MACRO around
> +       register_sysctl_mount_point("fs/binfmt_misc");
and it should looks like
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC)
+       register_sysctl_mount_point("fs/binfmt_misc");
+#endif
or if you prefer original style:
#if defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) || defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC_MODULE)

- Tong