linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 10/11] fs/drop_caches: move drop

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Message-Id: <20220221061018.10472-1-tangmeng@uniontech.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:10:18 +0800
From:   tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mcgrof@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, nizhen@...ontech.com,
        zhanglianjie@...ontech.com, nixiaoming@...wei.com,
        tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/11] fs/drop_caches: move drop_caches sysctls to its own file

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.

All filesystem syctls now get reviewed by fs folks. This commit
follows the commit of fs, move the drop_caches sysctls to its own file,
fs/drop_caches.c.

Signed-off-by: tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>
---
 fs/drop_caches.c   | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/mm.h |  6 ------
 kernel/sysctl.c    |  9 ---------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index e619c31b6bd9..44f5539dd217 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
-int sysctl_drop_caches;
+static int sysctl_drop_caches;
 
 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
 {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
 	iput(toput_inode);
 }
 
-int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -75,3 +75,23 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static struct ctl_table vm_drop_caches_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname       = "drop_caches",
+		.data           = &sysctl_drop_caches,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.mode           = 0200,
+		.proc_handler   = drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
+		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.extra2         = SYSCTL_FOUR,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static __init int vm_drop_caches_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("vm", vm_drop_caches_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(vm_drop_caches_sysctls_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c3c7cb58c847..775befb2786b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3126,12 +3126,6 @@ static inline int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 extern bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
-int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *,
-		loff_t *);
-#endif
-
 void drop_slab(void);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b51b0b92fdc1..657b7bfe38f6 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2182,15 +2182,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= lowmem_reserve_ratio_sysctl_handler,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "drop_caches",
-		.data		= &sysctl_drop_caches,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0200,
-		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
-	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
 	{
 		.procname	= "compact_memory",
-- 
2.20.1