On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 10:32:19AM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > On 2020/5/16 0:05, Kees Cook wrote: > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 05:06:28PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > > > On 2020/5/15 16:06, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:33:42PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > > > > > Add the shared variable SYSCTL_NEG_ONE to replace the variable neg_one > > > > > used in both sysctl_writes_strict and hung_task_warnings. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > --- > > > > > fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 2 +- > > > > > include/linux/sysctl.h | 1 + > > > > > kernel/hung_task_sysctl.c | 3 +-- > > > > > kernel/sysctl.c | 3 +-- > > > > > > > > How about doing this refactoring in advance of the extraction patch? > > > Before advance of the extraction patch, neg_one is only used in one file, > > > does it seem to have no value for refactoring? > > > > I guess it doesn't matter much, but I think it's easier to review in the > > sense that neg_one is first extracted and then later everything else is > > moved. > > > Later, when more features sysctl interface is moved to the code file, there > will be more variables that need to be extracted. > So should I only extract the neg_one variable here, or should I extract all > the variables used by multiple features? Hmm -- if you're going to do a consolidation pass, then nevermind, I don't think order will matter then. Thank you for the cleanup! Sorry we're giving you back-and-forth advice! -Kees -- Kees Cook