Just a heads up: will add this to the sysctl-next tree https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git/log/?h=sysctl-next so it has time to soak there for next merge window. If you are a maintainer and are thinking of including any of these patches in your tree, let me know and I'll remove when upstreaming On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 04:44:01PM +0100, Joel Granados via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > What? > These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the > sysctl arrays of all the files under the "kernel/" directory that use a > sysctl array for registration. The merging of the preparation patches > [1] to mainline allows us to remove sentinel elements without changing > behavior. This is safe because the sysctl registration code > (register_sysctl() and friends) use the array size in addition to > checking for a sentinel [2]. ... Best -- Joel Granados
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