Re: [GIT PULL] sysctl constification changes for v6.14-rc1

From: Joel Granados
Date: Wed Feb 05 2025 - 04:03:46 EST


On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 12:03:39PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 02:57:40PM +0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> > From 431abf6c9c11a8b7321842ed0747b3200d43ef34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:10:57 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH] csky: Remove the size from alignment_tbl declaration
> >
> > Having to synchronize the number of ctl_table array elements with the
> > size in the declaration can lead to discrepancies between the two
> > values. Since commit d7a76ec87195 ("sysctl: Remove check for sentinel
> > element in ctl_table arrays"), the calculation of the ctl_table array
> > size is done solely by the ARRAY_SIZE macro removing the need for the
> > size in the declaration.
> >
> > Remove the size for the aligment_tbl declaration and const qualify the
> > array for good measure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> FWIW, this looks correct to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thx, I'll queue this up in sysctl-next unless it is already there.

Best

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Joel Granados