From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>,
willy@infradead.org, josh@joshtriplett.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] sysctl: Add a size argument to register functions in sysctl
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:39:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZMKPzzkVy45lSCJ7@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230727114318.q5hxwwnjbwhm37wn@localhost>
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 01:43:18PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 11:15:40AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 04:06:20PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> > > What?
> > > These commits set things up so we can start removing the sentinel elements.
> >
> > Yes but the why must explained right away.
> My intention of putting the "what" first was to explain the chunking and
It may help also just to clarify:
sentinel, the extra empty struct ctl_table at the end of each
sysctl array.
> Thx for this.
> This is a more clear wording for the "Why". Do you mind if I copy/paste
> it (with some changes to make it flow) into my next cover letter?
I don't mind at all.
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-27 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 00/14] sysctl: Add a size argument to register functions in sysctl Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140650eucas1p1f5b2aa9dd8f90989c881f0a2e682b9eb@eucas1p1.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 01/14] sysctl: Prefer ctl_table_header in proc_sysctl Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140652eucas1p2a2ac2dd74986bd9ace8380d6f51024ff@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 02/14] sysctl: Use ctl_table_header in list_for_each_table_entry Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140653eucas1p2e234b7cd0af5dc506bd27399b84292a6@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 03/14] sysctl: Add ctl_table_size to ctl_table_header Joel Granados
2023-07-28 10:48 ` Simon Horman
2023-07-31 12:10 ` Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140655eucas1p1c71c8de9edc8441b5262c936731b91a2@eucas1p1.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 04/14] sysctl: Add size argument to init_header Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140656eucas1p26cd9da21663d25b51dda75258aaa3b55@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 05/14] sysctl: Add a size arg to __register_sysctl_table Joel Granados
2023-07-28 10:51 ` Simon Horman
2023-07-28 16:08 ` Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140659eucas1p2c3cd9f57dd13c71ddeb78d2480587e72@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 06/14] sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl Joel Granados
2023-07-26 17:58 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-07-27 12:22 ` Joel Granados
2023-07-27 15:42 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-07-28 7:41 ` Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140700eucas1p1e6b16e884362ebec50f6712b3f11a533@eucas1p1.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 07/14] sysctl: Add size arg to __register_sysctl_init Joel Granados
2023-07-28 10:56 ` Simon Horman
2023-07-28 16:11 ` Joel Granados
[not found] ` <CGME20230726140714eucas1p186bad44daf14c4c8c93f9aaf52deade5@eucas1p1.samsung.com>
2023-07-26 14:06 ` [PATCH 14/14] sysctl: Use size as stopping criteria for list macro Joel Granados
2023-07-26 18:15 ` [PATCH 00/14] sysctl: Add a size argument to register functions in sysctl Luis Chamberlain
2023-07-27 11:43 ` Joel Granados
2023-07-27 15:39 ` Luis Chamberlain [this message]
2023-07-28 7:04 ` Joel Granados
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