The patch titled Subject: ipc: remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is ipc-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ipc-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc: remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:57:52 +0100 This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link : https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/) Remove the sentinels from ipc_sysctls and mq_sysctls Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240328-jag-sysctl_remset_misc-v1-5-47c1463b3af2@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 1 - ipc/mq_sysctl.c | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-) --- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c~ipc-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array +++ a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c @@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ static struct ctl_table ipc_sysctls[] = .extra2 = SYSCTL_INT_MAX, }, #endif - {} }; static struct ctl_table_set *set_lookup(struct ctl_table_root *root) --- a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c~ipc-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array +++ a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static struct ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = { .extra1 = &msg_maxsize_limit_min, .extra2 = &msg_maxsize_limit_max, }, - {} }; static struct ctl_table_set *set_lookup(struct ctl_table_root *root) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx are memory-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array.patch initrd-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array.patch ipc-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-element-from-ctl_table-array.patch