The sysctl_drop_caches to fs/drop_caches.c, move it to fs/drop_caches.c from /kernel/sysctl.c. And remove the useless extern variable declaration from include/linux/mm.h Signed-off-by: Kaixiong Yu <yukaixiong@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: - change the title --- 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 c7f73bf32024..ed2e7425c838 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -3791,12 +3791,6 @@ 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, -- 2.34.1