linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/7] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from misc directories

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:05:20 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
 Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>, Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, 
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Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/7] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from
 misc directories

On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:57:47 +0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> What?
> These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the
> sysctl arrays of all the files under the "mm/", "security/", "ipc/",
> "init/", "io_uring/", "drivers/perf/" and "crypto/" directories that
> register a sysctl array. The inclusion of [4] to mainline allows the
> removal of sentinel elements without behavioral change. This is safe
> because the sysctl registration code (register_sysctl() and friends) use
> the array size in addition to checking for a sentinel [1].
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[6/7] io_uring: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
      (no commit info)

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe