The patch titled
Subject: sysctl: use SYSCTL_ZERO to replace some static int zero uses
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sysctl-use-sysctl_zero-to-replace-some-static-int-zero-uses.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-use-sysctl_zero-to-replace-some-static-int-zero-uses.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-use-sysctl_zero-to-replace-some-static-int-zero-uses.patch
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From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: sysctl: use SYSCTL_ZERO to replace some static int zero uses
Use the variable SYSCTL_ZERO to replace some static int boundary variables
with a value of 0 (minolduid, min_extfrag_threshold,
min_wakeup_granularity_ns).
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211123202347.818157-8-mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hailong Liu <liu.hailong6@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lukas Middendorf <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-use-sysctl_zero-to-replace-some-static-int-zero-uses
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static const unsigned long dirty_bytes_m
/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
static const int maxolduid = 65535;
-static const int minolduid;
+/* minolduid is SYSCTL_ZERO */
static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
-static const int min_extfrag_threshold;
+/* min_extfrag_threshold is SYSCTL_ZERO */;
static const int max_extfrag_threshold = 1000;
#endif
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = (void *)&minolduid,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
},
{
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = (void *)&minolduid,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_S390
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = (void *)&min_extfrag_threshold,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = (void *)&max_extfrag_threshold,
},
{
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = (void *)&minolduid,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
},
{
@@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = (void *)&minolduid,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = (void *)&maxolduid,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx are
sysctl-add-a-new-register_sysctl_init-interface.patch
sysctl-move-some-boundary-constants-from-sysctlc-to-sysctl_vals.patch
hung_task-move-hung_task-sysctl-interface-to-hung_taskc.patch
watchdog-move-watchdog-sysctl-interface-to-watchdogc.patch
sysctl-use-const-for-typically-used-max-min-proc-sysctls.patch
sysctl-use-sysctl_zero-to-replace-some-static-int-zero-uses.patch
aio-move-aio-sysctl-to-aioc.patch
dnotify-move-dnotify-sysctl-to-dnotifyc.patch
inotify-simplify-subdirectory-registration-with-register_sysctl.patch
eventpoll-simplify-sysctl-declaration-with-register_sysctl.patch
