Re: [PATCH v3 00/11] sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table argument of sysctl handlers

Jakub Kicinski
2024-05-09T01:00:06Z

On Wed, 8 May 2024 10:11:35 -0700 Kees Cook wrote:
> > Split this per subsystem, please.
>
> I've done a few painful API transitions before, and I don't think the
> complexity of these changes needs a per-subsystem constification pass. I
> think this series is the right approach, but that patch 11 will need
> coordination with Linus. We regularly do system-wide prototype changes
> like this right at the end of the merge window before -rc1 comes out.

Right. I didn't read the code closely enough before responding.
Chalk my response up to being annoyed by the constant stream of
cross-tree changes in procfs without proper cover letter explaining
how they will be merged :|