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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:49:07 +0100
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
CC: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: check-sysctl-docs: adapt to new API

Hey Thomas

I lost track of the thread here. Did you get my latest answer to your V1?
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231231143455.tvwb464awfzv5uti@localhost/

Best
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 12:34:38PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The script expects the old sysctl_register_paths() API which was removed
> some time ago. Adapt it to work with the new
> sysctl_register()/sysctl_register_sz()/sysctl_register_init() APIs.
> 
> In its reference invocation the script won't be able to parse the tables
> from ipc/ipc_sysctl.c as they are using dynamically built tables which
> are to complex to parse.
> 
> Note that the script is already prepared for a potential constification
> of the ctl_table structs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove unused global variable "paths"
> - Remove docs for deleted variables "children" and "paths"
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231220-sysctl-check-v1-1-420ced4a69d7@weissschuh.net
> ---
>  scripts/check-sysctl-docs | 45 ++++++++++++---------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/check-sysctl-docs b/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
> index 4f163e0bf6a4..739afd766708 100755
> --- a/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
> +++ b/scripts/check-sysctl-docs
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>  # Example invocation:
>  #	scripts/check-sysctl-docs -vtable="kernel" \
>  #		Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst \
> -#		$(git grep -l register_sysctl_)
> +#		$(git grep -l register_sysctl)
>  #
>  # Specify -vdebug=1 to see debugging information
>  
> @@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ BEGIN {
>  }
>  
>  # The following globals are used:
> -# children: maps ctl_table names and procnames to child ctl_table names
>  # documented: maps documented entries (each key is an entry)
>  # entries: maps ctl_table names and procnames to counts (so
>  #          enumerating the subkeys for a given ctl_table lists its
>  #          procnames)
> -# files: maps procnames to source file names
> -# paths: maps ctl_path names to paths
> -# curpath: the name of the current ctl_path struct
>  # curtable: the name of the current ctl_table struct
>  # curentry: the name of the current proc entry (procname when parsing
>  #           a ctl_table, constructed path when parsing a ctl_path)
> @@ -94,44 +90,23 @@ FNR == NR {
>  
>  # Stage 2: process each file and find all sysctl tables
>  BEGINFILE {
> -    delete children
>      delete entries
> -    delete paths
> -    curpath = ""
>      curtable = ""
>      curentry = ""
>      if (debug) print "Processing file " FILENAME
>  }
>  
> -/^static struct ctl_path/ {
> -    match($0, /static struct ctl_path ([^][]+)/, tables)
> -    curpath = tables[1]
> -    if (debug) print "Processing path " curpath
> -}
> -
> -/^static struct ctl_table/ {
> -    match($0, /static struct ctl_table ([^][]+)/, tables)
> -    curtable = tables[1]
> +/^static( const)? struct ctl_table/ {
> +    match($0, /static( const)? struct ctl_table ([^][]+)/, tables)
> +    curtable = tables[2]
>      if (debug) print "Processing table " curtable
>  }
>  
>  /^};$/ {
> -    curpath = ""
>      curtable = ""
>      curentry = ""
>  }
>  
> -curpath && /\.procname[\t ]*=[\t ]*".+"/ {
> -    match($0, /.procname[\t ]*=[\t ]*"([^"]+)"/, names)
> -    if (curentry) {
> -	curentry = curentry "/" names[1]
> -    } else {
> -	curentry = names[1]
> -    }
> -    if (debug) print "Setting path " curpath " to " curentry
> -    paths[curpath] = curentry
> -}
> -
>  curtable && /\.procname[\t ]*=[\t ]*".+"/ {
>      match($0, /.procname[\t ]*=[\t ]*"([^"]+)"/, names)
>      curentry = names[1]
> @@ -140,10 +115,14 @@ curtable && /\.procname[\t ]*=[\t ]*".+"/ {
>      file[curentry] = FILENAME
>  }
>  
> -/\.child[\t ]*=/ {
> -    child = trimpunct($NF)
> -    if (debug) print "Linking child " child " to table " curtable " entry " curentry
> -    children[curtable][curentry] = child
> +/register_sysctl.*/ {
> +    match($0, /register_sysctl(|_init|_sz)\("([^"]+)" *, *([^,)]+)/, tables)
> +    if (debug) print "Registering table " tables[3] " at " tables[2]
> +    if (tables[2] == table) {
> +        for (entry in entries[tables[3]]) {
> +            printentry(entry)
> +        }
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  END {
> 
> ---
> base-commit: de2ee5e9405e12600c81e39837362800cee433a2
> change-id: 20231220-sysctl-check-8802651d945d
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> 

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Joel Granados

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