linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: constify ctl_table arguments of utility functions

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Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 10:57:40 +0800
From: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>,
 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: constify ctl_table arguments of utility
 functions



> On May 18, 2024, at 22:00, Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net> wrote:
> 
> The sysctl core is preparing to only expose instances of
> struct ctl_table as "const".
> This will also affect the ctl_table argument of sysctl handlers.
> 
> As the function prototype of all sysctl handlers throughout the tree
> needs to stay consistent that change will be done in one commit.
> 
> To reduce the size of that final commit, switch utility functions which
> are not bound by "typedef proc_handler" to "const struct ctl_table".
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>

Thanks.