linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] hung_task: Move hung_task sysctl interface to hung

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Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:46:35 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        yzaikin@...gle.com, nixiaoming@...wei.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, pjt@...gle.com,
        liu.hailong6@....com.cn, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        sre@...nel.org, penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp,
        senozhatsky@...omium.org, wangqing@...o.com, bcrl@...ck.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jack@...e.cz, amir73il@...il.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] hung_task: Move hung_task sysctl interface to
 hung_task.c

On Tue 2021-11-23 12:23:41, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
> 
> The kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves
> their dirty dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.
> 
> To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to
> places where they actually belong. The proc sysctl maintainers
> do not want to know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own
> piece of code, we just care about the core logic.
> 
> So move hung_task sysctl interface to hung_task.c and use
> register_sysctl() to register the sysctl interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> [mcgrof: commit log refresh and fixed 2-3 0day reported compile issues]
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr