[PATCH v2 13/18] sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Mon Dec 04 2023 - 02:53:31 EST


In a future commit the sysctl core will only use
"const struct ctl_table". As a preparation for that move this mutable
field from "struct ctl_table" to "struct ctl_table_header".

This is also more correct in general as this is in fact a property of
the header and not the table itself.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 11 ++++++-----
include/linux/sysctl.h | 22 +++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 689a30196d0c..a398cc77637f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;

/* Support for permanently empty directories */
static struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[] = {
- {.type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY }
+ { }
};

/**
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_mount_point);

#define sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr) \
- (hptr->ctl_table[0].type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
+ (hptr->type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
#define sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr) \
- (hptr->ctl_table[0].type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
+ (hptr->type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
#define sysctl_clear_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr) \
- (hptr->ctl_table[0].type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT)
+ (hptr->type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT)

void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
{
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ static int insert_header(struct ctl_dir *dir, struct ctl_table_header *header)
return -EROFS;

/* Am I creating a permanently empty directory? */
- if (sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
+ if (header->ctl_table == sysctl_mount_point ||
+ sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&dir->root))
return -EINVAL;
sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(dir_h);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index ada36ef8cecb..061ea65104be 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -137,17 +137,6 @@ struct ctl_table {
void *data;
int maxlen;
umode_t mode;
- /**
- * enum type - Enumeration to differentiate between ctl target types
- * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT: ctl target with no special considerations
- * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY: Used to identify a permanently
- * empty directory target to serve
- * as mount point.
- */
- enum {
- SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT,
- SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY
- } type;
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
void *extra1;
@@ -188,6 +177,17 @@ struct ctl_table_header {
struct ctl_dir *parent;
struct ctl_node *node;
struct hlist_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
+ /**
+ * enum type - Enumeration to differentiate between ctl target types
+ * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT: ctl target with no special considerations
+ * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY: Used to identify a permanently
+ * empty directory target to serve
+ * as mount point.
+ */
+ enum {
+ SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+ SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY
+ } type;
};

struct ctl_dir {

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2.43.0