linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 03/18] sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl

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Message-Id: <20231204-const-sysctl-v2-3-7a5060b11447@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:52:16 +0100
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
Cc:     linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/18] sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table

It is used only once and that caller would be simpler with
sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header().
So use this sibling function.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 8064ea76f80b..689a30196d0c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_mount_point);
 
-#define sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table(tptr)		\
-	(tptr[0].type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
 #define sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)		\
-	(sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table(hptr->ctl_table))
+	(hptr->ctl_table[0].type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
 #define sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)		\
 	(hptr->ctl_table[0].type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
 #define sysctl_clear_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)	\
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ static int insert_header(struct ctl_dir *dir, struct ctl_table_header *header)
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	/* Am I creating a permanently empty directory? */
-	if (sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table(header->ctl_table)) {
+	if (sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
 		if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&dir->root))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(dir_h);

-- 
2.43.0