linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern

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Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:57:14 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     pvorel@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        Jason@...c4.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, yzaikin@...gle.com,
        j.granados@...sung.com, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for
 uts_kern_table

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 03:16:56PM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> There is no need to declare an extra tables to just create directory,
> this can be easily be done with a prefix path with register_sysctl().
> 
> Simplify this registration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

> ---
> 
> This is part of the effort to phase out calls that can recurse from
> sysctl registration [0]. If you have a tree to take this in feel free
> to take it, or I can take it too through sysclt-next. Let me know!
> 
> This file has no explicit maintainer, so I assume there is no tree.
> 
> If I so no one taking it I can take in as part of sysctl-next later.

I recommend taking it in your tree like this, thanks.

greg k-h