[PATCH 0/7] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from misc directories

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Tue Apr 9 09:59:35 PDT 2024


On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:57:47 +0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> What?
> These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the
> sysctl arrays of all the files under the "mm/", "security/", "ipc/",
> "init/", "io_uring/", "drivers/perf/" and "crypto/" directories that
> register a sysctl array. The inclusion of [4] to mainline allows the
> removal of sentinel elements without behavioral change. This is safe
> because the sysctl registration code (register_sysctl() and friends) use
> the array size in addition to checking for a sentinel [1].
> 
> [...]

Applied drivers/perf change to will (for-next/perf), thanks!

[7/7] drivers: perf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
      https://git.kernel.org/will/c/f66ae597411c

Cheers,
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Will

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