linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] kernel/time: move timer sysctls to its own file

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Message-ID: <YfmC910yV8E1IKgb@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:59:03 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com,
        john.stultz@...aro.org, sboyd@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] kernel/time: move timer sysctls to its own file

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 06:22:14PM +0800, tangmeng wrote:
> 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 the timer_migration sysctls to its own file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>

Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

  Luis