Re: [PATCH 06/10] scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: j.granados@samsung.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 15:49:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231107144910.GY8262@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231107-jag-sysctl_remove_empty_elem_kernel-v1-6-e4ce1388dfa0@samsung.com>

On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 02:45:06PM +0100, Joel Granados via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
> 
> This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
> empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
> will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
> memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)
> 
> rm sentinel element from ctl_table arrays
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/autogroup.c | 1 -
>  kernel/sched/core.c      | 1 -
>  kernel/sched/deadline.c  | 1 -
>  kernel/sched/fair.c      | 1 -
>  kernel/sched/rt.c        | 1 -
>  kernel/sched/topology.c  | 1 -
>  6 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>