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

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Message-ID: <20230727153804.vjsofabjbkkfat25@localhost>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:38:04 +0200
From:   Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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 11:00:37AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> 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.
Just to be on the same page:
You mean the specific why for this commit. like for example:
"
We update to register_net_sysctl_sz to prepare for when the ctl_table
array sentinels are removed.
"

right?


> 
>   Luis

-- 

Joel Granados

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