Re: [PATCH] sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table_root::set_ownership

[Thomas Weißschuh]

On 2023-12-28 05:22:56-0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 01:32:42PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > The set_ownership callback is not supposed to modify the ctl_table.
> > Enforce this expectation via the typesystem.
> > 
> > The patch was created with the following coccinelle script:
> > 
> >   virtual patch
> >   virtual context
> >   virtual report
> 
> If you remove this virtual stuff and mention how we verify manually
> through the build how users do not exits which rely on modifying the the
> table I thinkt these two patches are ready, thanks for doing this in
> Coccinelle it helps me review this faster!

Actually the 'table' parameter is never even used.
Do you prefer to drop it completely?


Thomas