linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH sysctl-testing v2] kernel/kexec_core: move kexec

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Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:02:02 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     yingelin <yingelin@...wei.com>
Cc:     ebiederm@...ssion.com, keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chenjianguo3@...wei.com,
        nixiaoming@...wei.com, qiuguorui1@...wei.com,
        young.liuyang@...wei.com, zengweilin@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH sysctl-testing v2] kernel/kexec_core: move kexec_core
 sysctls into its own file

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 10:57:40AM +0800, yingelin wrote:
> This move the kernel/kexec_core.c respective sysctls to its own file.
> 
> kernel/sysctl.c has grown to an insane mess, We move sysctls to places
> where features actually belong to improve the readability and reduce
> merge conflicts. At the same time, the proc-sysctl maintainers can easily
> care about the core logic other than the sysctl knobs added for some feature.
> 
> We already moved all filesystem sysctls out. This patch is part of the effort
> to move kexec related sysctls out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: yingelin <yingelin@...wei.com>

Thanks! Queued onto sysctl-testing.

  Luis