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Message-ID: <20240826120449.1666461-11-yukaixiong@huawei.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:04:44 +0800
From: Kaixiong Yu <yukaixiong@...wei.com>
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Subject: [PATCH -next 10/15] fs: drop_caches: move sysctl to its own file

The sysctl_drop_caches to fs/drop_caches.c, move it into
its own file from /kernel/sysctl.c. And remove the useless
extern variable declaration from include/linux/mm.h

Signed-off-by: Kaixiong Yu <yukaixiong@...wei.com>
---
 fs/drop_caches.c   | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/mm.h |  6 ------
 kernel/sysctl.c    |  9 ---------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index d45ef541d848..f2551ace800f 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
-int sysctl_drop_caches;
+static int sysctl_drop_caches;
 
 static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
 {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
 	iput(toput_inode);
 }
 
-int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -77,3 +77,22 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static struct ctl_table drop_caches_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "drop_caches",
+		.data		= &sysctl_drop_caches,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0200,
+		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init init_vm_drop_caches_sysctls(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("vm", drop_caches_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(init_vm_drop_caches_sysctls);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9e37d46fa666..a297a298542c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3693,12 +3693,6 @@ static inline int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 extern bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
-int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *, int, void *, size_t *,
-		loff_t *);
-#endif
-
 void drop_slab(void);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 373e018b950c..d638a1bac9af 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2024,15 +2024,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
-	{
-		.procname	= "drop_caches",
-		.data		= &sysctl_drop_caches,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0200,
-		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
-	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "vfs_cache_pressure",
 		.data		= &sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure,
-- 
2.25.1