linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] ax.25: Update to register_net_sysctl

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Message-ID: <ZMFfRR3PftnLHPlT@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:00:37 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
Cc:     Joerg Reuter <jreuter@...na.de>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, willy@...radead.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, josh@...htriplett.org,
        linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] ax.25: Update to register_net_sysctl_sz

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 04:06:29PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> This is part of the effort to remove the sentinel (last empty) element
> from the ctl_table arrays. We update to the new function and pass it the
> array size.

The commit log does not explain why. It also does not explain if there
is any delta on size at compile or runtime.

  Luis