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Re: [PATCH 0/4] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from networking

To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from networking
Cc: Joel Granados via B4 Relay <devnull+j.granados.samsung.com@xxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx>, Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>, David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Steffen Klassert" <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Mat Martineau" <martineau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Geliang Tang <geliang@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Ralf Baechle" <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Remi Denis-Courmont <courmisch@xxxxxxxxx>, Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Marcelo Ricardo Leitner" <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>, Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>, Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Karcher <jaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "D. Wythe" <alibuda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Lu <tonylu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Wen Gu" <guwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anna Schumaker <anna@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Chuck Lever" <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>, Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jon Maloy <jmaloy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ying Xue <ying.xue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Joerg Reuter <jreuter@xxxxxxxx>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <dccp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-wpan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <mptcp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rds-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tipc-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:30 +0100
On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 03:42:48PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:20:40 +0100 Joel Granados via B4 Relay wrote:
> > These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the
> > sysctl arrays of all the files under the "net/" directory that register
> > a sysctl array. The merging of the preparation patches [4] to mainline
> > allows us to just remove sentinel elements without changing behavior.
> > This is safe because the sysctl registration code (register_sysctl() and
> > friends) use the array size in addition to checking for a sentinel [1].
> 
> Thanks, but please resend after the merge window, we don't apply
> code to -next until -rc1 is cut.
of course. I'll resend after -rc1 hits kernel.org.

Best

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Joel Granados

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