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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 15:41:23 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc: Yan Zhu <zhuyan34@...wei.com>, andrii@...nel.org, ast@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 sysctl-next] bpf: move bpf sysctls from
kernel/sysctl.c to bpf module
On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:23:26PM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:44:48AM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> > On 3/2/22 9:39 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 10:04:12AM +0800, Yan Zhu wrote:
> > > > We're moving sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c as its a mess. We
> > > > already moved all filesystem sysctls out. And with time the goal is
> > > > to move all sysctls out to their own susbsystem/actual user.
> > > >
> > > > kernel/sysctl.c has grown to an insane mess and its easy to run
> > > > into conflicts with it. The effort to move them out is part of this.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yan Zhu <zhuyan34@...wei.com>
> > >
> > > Daniel, let me know if this makes more sense now, and if so I can
> > > offer take it through sysctl-next to avoid conflicts more sysctl knobs
> > > get moved out from kernel/sysctl.c.
> >
> > If this is a whole ongoing effort rather than drive-by patch,
>
> It is ongoing effort, but it will take many releases before we tidy
> this whole thing up.
>
> > then it's
> > fine with me.
>
> OK great. Thanks for understanding the mess.
>
> > Btw, the patch itself should also drop the linux/bpf.h
> > include from kernel/sysctl.c since nothing else is using it after the
> > patch.
>
> I'll let Yan deal with that.
Yan, feel free to resubmit based on sysctl-next [0].
[0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux.git/log/?h=sysctl-next
Luis
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