On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 09:09:07PM +0800, Yangtao Li wrote: > This moves the fs/drop_caches.c respective sysctls to its own file. > > Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/drop_caches.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- > include/linux/mm.h | 6 ------ > kernel/sysctl.c | 9 --------- > 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c > index e619c31b6bd9..3032b83ce6f2 100644 > --- a/fs/drop_caches.c > +++ b/fs/drop_caches.c > @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ > #include <linux/gfp.h> > #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) > { > @@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused) > iput(toput_inode); > } > > -int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, > +static int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, > void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos) > { > int ret; > @@ -75,3 +74,23 @@ int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(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 drop_cache_init(void) > +{ > + register_sysctl_init("vm", drop_caches_table); Does this belong under mm/ or fs/? And is it intended to be moved into a completely separate file? Feels abit wasteful for 20 lines of code...