From: ebiederm@xmission•com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel•org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] sysctl: add new register_sysctl_subdir() helper
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 07:42:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878shaud3c.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ftbiud6s.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> (Eric W. Biederman's message of "Fri, 29 May 2020 07:40:27 -0500")
ebiederm@xmission•com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:
> Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel•org> writes:
>
>> Often enough all we need to do is create a subdirectory so that
>> we can stuff sysctls underneath it. However, *if* that directory
>> was already created early on the boot sequence we really have no
>> need to use the full boiler plate code for it, we can just use
>> local variables to help us guide sysctl to place the new leaf files.
>>
>> So use a helper to do precisely this.
>
> Reset restart. This is patch is total nonsense.
>
> - You are using register_sysctl_table which as I believe I have
> mentioned is a deprecated compatibility wrapper. The point of
> spring house cleaning is to get off of the deprecated functions
> isn't it?
>
> - You are using the old nasty form for creating directories instead
> of just passing in a path.
>
> - None of this is even remotely necessary. The directories
> are created automatically if you just register their entries.
Oh. *blink* The poor naming threw me off.
This is a clumsy and poorly named version of register_sysctl();
Yes. This change is totally unnecessary.
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-29 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-29 7:40 [PATCH 00/13] sysctl: spring cleaning Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:40 ` [PATCH 01/13] sysctl: add new register_sysctl_subdir() helper Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 8:13 ` Jani Nikula
2020-05-29 12:16 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 12:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 12:42 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2020-05-29 7:40 ` [PATCH 02/13] cdrom: use new sysctl subdir helper register_sysctl_subdir() Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 12:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 7:40 ` [PATCH 03/13] hpet: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:40 ` [PATCH 04/13] i915: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 05/13] macintosh/mac_hid.c: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 06/13] ocfs2: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 8:23 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-29 11:49 ` [Intel-gfx] " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 14:49 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 07/13] test_sysctl: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 08/13] inotify: simplify sysctl declaration with register_sysctl_subdir() Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 09/13] firmware_loader: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 10:26 ` Greg KH
2020-05-29 11:59 ` Xiaoming Ni
2020-05-29 12:09 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 10/13] eventpoll: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 11/13] random: " Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 10:26 ` Greg KH
2020-05-29 12:09 ` Xiaoming Ni
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 12/13] sysctl: add helper to register empty subdir Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 8:15 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-29 13:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2021-11-17 3:30 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 7:41 ` [PATCH 13/13] fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file Luis Chamberlain
2020-05-29 8:14 ` Kees Cook
2020-06-04 8:45 ` Xiaoming Ni
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