The patch titled
Subject: random: move the random sysctl declarations to its own file
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file.patch
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From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: random: move the random sysctl declarations to its own file
kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.
To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong. The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we just
care about the core logic.
So move the random sysctls to their own file and use register_sysctl_init().
[mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx: commit log update to justify the move]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211124231435.1445213-3-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>
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Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
include/linux/sysctl.h | 1 -
kernel/sysctl.c | 5 -----
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/random.c~random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file
+++ a/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2077,8 +2077,7 @@ static int proc_do_entropy(struct ctl_ta
}
static int sysctl_poolsize = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
-struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
{
.procname = "poolsize",
.data = &sysctl_poolsize,
@@ -2140,6 +2139,17 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
#endif
{ }
};
+
+/*
+ * rand_initialize() is called before sysctl_init(),
+ * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in rand_initialize()
+ */
+static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+ register_sysctl_init("kernel/random", random_table);
+ return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(random_sysctls_init);
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
struct batched_entropy {
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file
+++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
extern int no_unaligned_warning;
extern struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[];
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
#else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2144,11 +2144,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = sysctl_max_threads,
},
{
- .procname = "random",
- .mode = 0555,
- .child = random_table,
- },
- {
.procname = "usermodehelper",
.mode = 0555,
.child = usermodehelper_table,
_
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
firmware_loader-move-firmware-sysctl-to-its-own-files.patch
random-move-the-random-sysctl-declarations-to-its-own-file.patch
printk-move-printk-sysctl-to-printk-sysctlc.patch
scsi-sg-move-sg-big-buff-sysctl-to-scsi-sgc.patch
stackleak-move-stack_erasing-sysctl-to-stackleakc.patch
