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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:41:06 +0200
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from kernel
dir
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:27:47PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>
>
> On 3/28/24 16:44, Joel Granados wrote:
> > What?
> > These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the
> > sysctl arrays of all the files under the "kernel/" directory that use a
> > sysctl array for registration. The merging of the preparation patches
> > [1] to mainline allows us to remove sentinel elements without changing
> > behavior. This is safe because the sysctl registration code
> > (register_sysctl() and friends) use the array size in addition to
> > checking for a sentinel [2].
>
> Hi,
>
> looks like *this* "patch" made it to the sysctl tree [1], breaking b4
> for everyone else (as there's a "--- b4-submit-tracking ---" magic in
> the tree history now) on next-20240422
>
> Please drop it (again, I'm only talking about this empty cover letter).
I see it. Will remove it from sysctl-next
Thx for pointing it out.
Best
>
> Konrad
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git/commit/?h=sysctl-next&id=ec04a7fa09ddedc1d6c8b86ae281897256c7fdf0
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Joel Granados
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