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Luis Chamberlain 996ef312f2 sysctl: remove empty dev table
Now that all the dev sysctls have been moved out we can remove the
dev sysctl base directory. We don't need to create base directories,
they are created for you as if using 'mkdir -p' with register_syctl()
and register_sysctl_init(). For details refer to sysctl_mkdir_p()
usage.

We save 90 bytes with this changes:

./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.2.remove-sysctl-table vmlinux.3-remove-dev-table
add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-90 (-90)
Function                                     old     new   delta
sysctl_init_bases                            111      85     -26
dev_table                                     64       -     -64
Total: Before=21257057, After=21256967, chg -0.00%

The empty dev table has been in place since the v2.5.0 days because
back then ordering was essentialy. But later commit 7ec66d06362d
("sysctl: Stop requiring explicit management of sysctl directories"),
merged as of v3.4-rc1, the entire ordering of directories was replaced
by allowing sysctl directory autogeneration. This new mechanism
introduced on v3.4 allows for sysctl directories to automatically be
created for sysctl tables when they are needed and automatically removes
them when no sysctl tables use them. That commit also added a dedicated
struct ctl_dir as a new type for these autogenerated directories.

Reviewed-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
2023-05-30 15:46:11 -07:00
arch parisc architecture fixes for kernel v6.4-rc2: 2023-05-14 09:54:38 -07:00
block for-6.4/block-2023-05-06 2023-05-06 08:28:58 -07:00
certs KEYS: Add missing function documentation 2023-04-24 16:15:52 +03:00
crypto This push fixes the following problems: 2023-05-07 10:57:14 -07:00
Documentation block-6.4-2023-05-13 2023-05-13 09:51:03 -05:00
drivers parport: Removed sysctl related defines 2023-05-23 21:43:26 -07:00
fs sysctl: Remove register_sysctl_table 2023-05-23 21:43:26 -07:00
include sysctl: Refactor base paths registrations 2023-05-23 21:43:26 -07:00
init Objtool changes for v6.4: 2023-04-28 14:02:54 -07:00
io_uring for-6.4/io_uring-2023-05-07 2023-05-07 10:00:09 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel sysctl: remove empty dev table 2023-05-30 15:46:11 -07:00
lib Networking fixes for 6.4-rc2, including fixes from netfilter 2023-05-11 08:42:47 -05:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm Reinstate the dmapool changes which were accidentally removed by 2023-05-06 11:43:08 -07:00
net netfilter pull request 23-05-10 2023-05-10 19:08:58 -07:00
rust Rust changes for v6.4 2023-04-30 11:20:22 -07:00
samples LoongArch changes for v6.4 2023-05-04 12:40:16 -07:00
scripts sysctl: Remove register_sysctl_table 2023-05-23 21:43:26 -07:00
security integrity-v6.4 2023-04-29 10:11:32 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 6.4-rc1 2023-05-06 08:07:11 -07:00
tools cxl fixes for v6.4-rc2 2023-05-14 12:32:34 -07:00
usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt s390: 2023-05-01 12:06:20 -07:00
.clang-format cxl for v6.4 2023-04-30 11:51:51 -07:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files 2023-02-26 15:28:23 +09:00
.gitignore linux-kselftest-kunit-6.4-rc1 2023-04-24 12:31:32 -07:00
.mailmap for-6.4/block-2023-05-06 2023-05-06 08:28:58 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes, plus one Spanish 2023-05-05 13:16:42 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Devicetree binding fixes for v6.4 2023-05-11 09:01:40 -05:00
Makefile Linux 6.4-rc2 2023-05-14 12:51:40 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.