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* [PATCH 0/5] net: sysctl: share ipv4/ipv6 sysctl tables
@ 2011-02-04  4:37 Lucian Adrian Grijincu
  2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 1/5] sysctl: faster reimplementation of sysctl_check_table Lucian Adrian Grijincu
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  0 siblings, 6 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Lucian Adrian Grijincu @ 2011-02-04  4:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, netdev, Eric W. Biederman, Eric Dumazet,
	David S. Miller, Oct
  Cc: Lucian Adrian Grijincu


Each network device gets the same 25/24 sysctl entries for ipv4/ipv6
in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/DEVNAME and /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/DEVNAME

Unfortunately, space is wasted holding very much similar data.
Fortunately, with some tricks these entries can be shared between all
network devices.


The single entry in 'struct ctl_table' that was modified at runtime
for leaf ctl_table nodes and prevented sharing was 'parent'. This
field was first introduces for selinux and then was used to implement
sysctl_check_table. Selinux recently removed the need for this field:
* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.lsm/12623
* LKML-Reference: 1296519474-15714-1-git-send-email-lucian.grijincu@gmail.com


Remove the need for 'parent' in sysctl_check_table and remove the
'parent' field:

  [PATCH 1/5] sysctl: faster reimplementation of sysctl_check_table
  [PATCH 2/5] sysctl: remove useless ctl_table->parent field


Pave the way for sharing of ipv4/6 tables: allow data to be stored in
the nodes above the leafs that will be shared:

  [PATCH 3/5] sysctl: write ctl_table->extra2 to entries created from ctl_path


Finally share the leaf sysctl tables for ipv4/ipv6:

  [PATCH 4/5] ipv4: share sysctl net/ipv4/conf/DEVNAME/ tables
  [PATCH 5/5] ipv6: share sysctl net/ipv6/conf/DEVNAME/ tables


 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c       |   16 +++-
 include/linux/inetdevice.h  |   12 +++-
 include/linux/ipv6.h        |   15 +++-
 include/linux/sysctl.h      |    3 +-
 include/net/net_namespace.h |    2 +
 kernel/sysctl.c             |   18 +---
 kernel/sysctl_check.c       |  125 +++++++++++++--------------
 net/ipv4/devinet.c          |  203 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c         |  192 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 net/sysctl_net.c            |   20 +++--
 10 files changed, 387 insertions(+), 219 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.4.rc1.7.g2cf08.dirty

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2011-02-04  4:37 [PATCH 0/5] net: sysctl: share ipv4/ipv6 sysctl tables Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 1/5] sysctl: faster reimplementation of sysctl_check_table Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04 19:40   ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-02-04 20:31     ` [PATCH 1/6] " Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04 21:11       ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-02-04 21:34         ` Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 2/5] sysctl: remove useless ctl_table->parent field Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04 19:41   ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 3/5] sysctl: write ctl_table->extra2 to entries created from ctl_path Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 4/5] ipv4: share sysctl net/ipv4/conf/DEVNAME/ tables Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-05 21:16   ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-02-04  4:37 ` [PATCH 5/5] ipv6: share sysctl net/ipv6/conf/DEVNAME/ tables Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-04 10:49 ` [PATCH 0/5] net: sysctl: share ipv4/ipv6 sysctl tables Alexey Dobriyan
2011-02-04 15:59   ` Lucian Adrian Grijincu
2011-02-05 14:26     ` Alexey Dobriyan
2011-02-05 14:59       ` Lucian Adrian Grijincu

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