Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sysctl: remove empty dev table

[Joel Granados]

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 09:42:04AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:04:57PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 03:22:05PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > Now that all the dev sysctls have been moved out we can remove the
> > > dev sysctl base directory. We don't need to create base directories,
> > > they are created for you as if using 'mkdir -p' with register_syctl()
> > > and register_sysctl_init(). For details refer to sysctl_mkdir_p()
> > > usage.
> > > 
> > > We save 90 bytes with this changes:
> > > 
> > > ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.2.remove-sysctl-table vmlinux.3-remove-dev-table
> > > add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-90 (-90)
> > > Function                                     old     new   delta
> > > sysctl_init_bases                            111      85     -26
> > > dev_table                                     64       -     -64
> > > Total: Before=21257057, After=21256967, chg -0.00%
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/sysctl.c | 5 -----
> > >  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > index fa2aa8bd32b6..a7fdb828afb6 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > @@ -2344,16 +2344,11 @@ static struct ctl_table debug_table[] = {
> > >  	{ }
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -static struct ctl_table dev_table[] = {
> > > -	{ }
> > > -};
> > > -
> > >  int __init sysctl_init_bases(void)
> > >  {
> > >  	register_sysctl_init("kernel", kern_table);
> > >  	register_sysctl_init("vm", vm_table);
> > >  	register_sysctl_init("debug", debug_table);
> > > -	register_sysctl_init("dev", dev_table);
> > >  
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > > -- 
> > > 2.39.2
> > > 
> > LGTM.
> 
> BTW, please use proper tags like Reviewed-by, and so on even if you use
> LGTM so that then if anyone uses things like b4 it can pick the tags for
> you.
Sure thing. Will send the reviewed-by for the patches

> 
> > But why was dev there to begin with?
> 
> I will enhance the commit log to mention that, it was there because
> old APIs didn't create the directory for you, and now it is clear it
> is not needed. I checked ant he dev table was there since the beginning
> of sysctl.c on v2.5.0.
That would be great!

> 
>   Luis

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Joel Granados

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