linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/12] sysctl: Remove superfluous includes from kernel/sysctl.c

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Message-Id: <20250509-jag-mv_ctltables_iter2-v1-12-d0ad83f5f4c3@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 14:54:16 +0200
From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
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Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
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 Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] sysctl: Remove superfluous includes from
 kernel/sysctl.c

Remove the following headers from the include list in sysctl.c.

* These are removed as the related variables are no longer there.
  ===================   ====================
  Include               Related Var
  ===================   ====================
  linux/kmod.h          usermodehelper
  asm/nmi.h             nmi_watchdoc_enabled
  asm/io.h              io_delay_type
  linux/pid.h           pid_max_{,min,max}
  linux/sched/sysctl.h  sysctl_{sched_*,numa_*,timer_*}
  linux/mount.h         sysctl_mount_max
  linux/reboot.h        poweroff_cmd
  linux/ratelimit.h     {,printk_}ratelimit_state
  linux/printk.h        kptr_restrict
  linux/security.h      CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES
  linux/net.h           net_table
  linux/key.h           key_sysctls
  linux/nvs_fs.h        acpi_video_flags
  linux/acpi.h          acpi_video_flags
  linux/fs.h            proc_nr_files

* These are no longer needed as intermediate includes
  ==============
  Include
  ==============
  linux/filter.h
  linux/binfmts.h

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sysctl.c | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index dee9a818a9bbc8b1ecd17b8ac1ae533ce15c2029..0716c7df7243dc38f0a49c7cae78651c3f75f5a3 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -5,44 +5,24 @@

 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
-#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
-#include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/filter.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
-#include <linux/net.h>
 #include <linux/highuid.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
-#include <linux/key.h>
 #include <linux/times.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
-#include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
-#include <linux/acpi.h>
-#include <linux/reboot.h>
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
-#include <linux/binfmts.h>
-#include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/mount.h>
-#include <linux/pid.h>

 #include "../lib/kstrtox.h"

 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>

-#ifdef CONFIG_X86
-#include <asm/nmi.h>
-#include <asm/io.h>
-#endif
-
 /* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
 const int sysctl_vals[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX, 65535, -1 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);

-- 
2.47.2