On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 09:14:40AM +0200, Joel Granados wrote: > This is part of the general push to deprecate register_sysctl_paths and > register_sysctl_table. Parport driver uses the "CHILD" pointer > in the ctl_table structure to create its directory structure. We move to > the newer register_sysctl call and remove the pointer madness. Nice! Thanks for doing this and unwinding the sysctl use case which takes the cake for the obfuscation use case of sysctls. > I have separated the parport into 5 patches to clarify the different > changes needed for the 3 calls to register_sysctl_paths. I can squash > them together if need be. I think it makes sense to keep them that way. > We no longer export the register_sysctl_table call as parport was the > last user from outside proc_sysctl.c. Also modified documentation slightly > so register_sysctl_table is no longer mentioned. We can go further, but I'll explain in patch review on the patches. > I'm waiting on the 0-day tests results. Nice! Luis
