There is no need to user boiler plate code to specify a set of base directories we're going to stuff sysctls under. Simplify this by using register_sysctl() and specifying the directory path directly. // pycocci sysctl-subdir-register-sysctl-simplify.cocci PATH @c1@ expression E1; identifier subdir, sysctls; @@ static struct ctl_table subdir[] = { { .procname = E1, .maxlen = 0, .mode = 0555, .child = sysctls, }, { } }; @c2@ identifier c1.subdir; expression E2; identifier base; @@ static struct ctl_table base[] = { { .procname = E2, .maxlen = 0, .mode = 0555, .child = subdir, }, { } }; @c3@ identifier c2.base; identifier header; @@ header = register_sysctl_table(base); @r1 depends on c1 && c2 && c3@ expression c1.E1; identifier c1.subdir, c1.sysctls; @@ -static struct ctl_table subdir[] = { - { - .procname = E1, - .maxlen = 0, - .mode = 0555, - .child = sysctls, - }, - { } -}; @r2 depends on c1 && c2 && c3@ identifier c1.subdir; expression c2.E2; identifier c2.base; @@ -static struct ctl_table base[] = { - { - .procname = E2, - .maxlen = 0, - .mode = 0555, - .child = subdir, - }, - { } -}; @initialize:python@ @@ def make_my_fresh_expression(s1, s2): return '"' + s1.strip('"') + "/" + s2.strip('"') + '"' @r3 depends on c1 && c2 && c3@ expression c1.E1; identifier c1.sysctls; expression c2.E2; identifier c2.base; identifier c3.header; fresh identifier E3 = script:python(E2, E1) { make_my_fresh_expression(E2, E1) }; @@ header = -register_sysctl_table(base); +register_sysctl(E3, sysctls); Generated-by: Coccinelle SmPL Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c | 24 +----------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c b/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c index 28b8581b44dd..d8c4d5664145 100644 --- a/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c +++ b/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c @@ -239,33 +239,11 @@ static struct ctl_table mac_hid_files[] = { { } }; -/* dir in /proc/sys/dev */ -static struct ctl_table mac_hid_dir[] = { - { - .procname = "mac_hid", - .maxlen = 0, - .mode = 0555, - .child = mac_hid_files, - }, - { } -}; - -/* /proc/sys/dev itself, in case that is not there yet */ -static struct ctl_table mac_hid_root_dir[] = { - { - .procname = "dev", - .maxlen = 0, - .mode = 0555, - .child = mac_hid_dir, - }, - { } -}; - static struct ctl_table_header *mac_hid_sysctl_header; static int __init mac_hid_init(void) { - mac_hid_sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(mac_hid_root_dir); + mac_hid_sysctl_header = register_sysctl("dev/mac_hid", mac_hid_files); if (!mac_hid_sysctl_header) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.33.0