linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 91b6163be4 sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1
Summary
 * Removed sentinel elements from ctl_table structs in kernel/*
 
   Removing sentinels in ctl_table arrays reduces the build time size and
   runtime memory consumed by ~64 bytes per array. Removals for net/, io_uring/,
   mm/, ipc/ and security/ are set to go into mainline through their respective
   subsystems making the next release the most likely place where the final
   series that removes the check for proc_name == NULL will land. This PR adds
   to removals already in arch/, drivers/ and fs/.
 
 * Adjusted ctl_table definitions and references to allow constification
 
   Adjustments:
     - Removing unused ctl_table function arguments
     - Moving non-const elements from ctl_table to ctl_table_header
     - Making ctl_table pointers const in ctl_table_root structure
 
   Making the static ctl_table structs const will increase safety by keeping the
   pointers to proc_handler functions in .rodata. Though no ctl_tables where
   made const in this PR, the ground work for making that possible has started
   with these changes sent by Thomas Weißschuh.
 
 Testing
 * These changes went into linux-next after v6.9-rc4; giving it a good month of
   testing.
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Merge tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl

Pull sysctl updates from Joel Granados:

 - Remove sentinel elements from ctl_table structs in kernel/*

   Removing sentinels in ctl_table arrays reduces the build time size
   and runtime memory consumed by ~64 bytes per array. Removals for
   net/, io_uring/, mm/, ipc/ and security/ are set to go into mainline
   through their respective subsystems making the next release the most
   likely place where the final series that removes the check for
   proc_name == NULL will land.

   This adds to removals already in arch/, drivers/ and fs/.

 - Adjust ctl_table definitions and references to allow constification
     - Remove unused ctl_table function arguments
     - Move non-const elements from ctl_table to ctl_table_header
     - Make ctl_table pointers const in ctl_table_root structure

   Making the static ctl_table structs const will increase safety by
   keeping the pointers to proc_handler functions in .rodata. Though no
   ctl_tables where made const in this PR, the ground work for making
   that possible has started with these changes sent by Thomas
   Weißschuh.

* tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
  sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check
  sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header
  sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table
  sysctl: treewide: constify argument ctl_table_root::permissions(table)
  sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table)
  bpf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  delayacct: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kprobes: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  printk: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  seccomp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  timekeeping: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  ftrace: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  umh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
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bpf sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
cgroup cgroup/rstat: add cgroup_rstat_cpu_lock helpers and tracepoints 2024-05-14 09:43:17 -10:00
configs hardening updates for 6.10-rc1 2024-05-13 14:14:05 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix a potential buffer overflow in kdb_local() 2024-01-17 17:19:06 +00:00
dma swiotlb: initialise restricted pool list_head when SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC=y 2024-05-02 14:57:04 +02:00
entry entry: Respect changes to system call number by trace_sys_enter() 2024-03-12 13:23:32 +01:00
events ARM: 2024-05-15 14:46:43 -07:00
futex printk: Change type of CONFIG_BASE_SMALL to bool 2024-05-06 17:39:09 +02:00
gcov gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 2023-10-18 14:43:22 -07:00
irq Updates for the interrupt subsystem: 2024-05-14 09:47:14 -07:00
kcsan kcsan, compiler_types: Introduce __data_racy type qualifier 2024-05-07 11:39:50 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Rename KLP_* to KLP_TRANSITION_* 2024-05-09 15:48:01 +02:00
locking locking/pvqspinlock: Use try_cmpxchg() in qspinlock_paravirt.h 2024-04-12 11:42:39 +02:00
module mm/execmem, arch: convert remaining overrides of module_alloc to execmem 2024-05-14 00:31:43 -07:00
power cgroup: Changes for v6.10 2024-05-15 17:06:08 -07:00
printk sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
rcu Merge branches 'fixes.2024.04.15a', 'misc.2024.04.12a', 'rcu-sync-normal-improve.2024.04.15a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.04.15a' and 'rcutorture.2024.04.15a' into rcu-merge.2024.04.15a 2024-05-01 13:04:02 +02:00
sched sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
time sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
trace sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
audit_watch.c audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 2023-11-14 17:34:27 -05:00
audit.c audit: use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2024-01-25 10:12:22 -05:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c audit: remove unnecessary assignment in audit_dupe_lsm_field() 2024-01-25 09:59:27 -05:00
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 2023-10-13 18:34:46 +02:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue 2024-02-05 13:22:34 -10:00
bounds.c bounds: Use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS 2024-04-29 08:29:29 -07:00
capability.c
cfi.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Make context_tracking_key __ro_after_init 2024-03-22 11:18:18 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cgroup: Changes for v6.10 2024-05-15 17:06:08 -07:00
crash_core.c crash: add a new kexec flag for hotplug support 2024-04-23 14:59:01 +10:00
crash_reserve.c crash: use macro to add crashk_res into iomem early for specific arch 2024-03-26 11:14:12 -07:00
cred.c cred: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2024-02-23 17:33:31 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:54 +02:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized 2024-04-16 15:39:51 -07:00
freezer.c Linux 6.7-rc6 2023-12-23 15:52:13 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 2023-09-29 11:28:39 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label,module: Don't alloc static_key_mod for __ro_after_init keys 2024-03-22 11:18:16 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h
kallsyms_selftest.c mm/vmalloc: remove vmap_area_list 2024-02-23 17:48:19 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec crash: clean up kdump related config items 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c
kexec_core.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c crash: add a new kexec flag for hotplug support 2024-04-23 14:59:01 +10:00
kexec_internal.h crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
kexec.c crash: add a new kexec flag for hotplug support 2024-04-23 14:59:01 +10:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c Driver core changes for 6.9-rc1 2024-03-21 13:34:15 -07:00
kthread.c kunit: Handle test faults 2024-05-06 14:22:02 -06:00
latencytop.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
Makefile crash: split crash dumping code out from kexec_core.c 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c pidfd: add pidfs 2024-03-01 12:23:37 +01:00
numa.c kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
padata.c padata: Disable BH when taking works lock on MT path 2024-04-12 15:07:51 +08:00
panic.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 2023-12-01 09:51:44 -08:00
pid_namespace.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
pid_sysctl.h kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
pid.c pidfs: remove config option 2024-03-13 12:53:53 -07:00
profile.c profiling: Remove create_prof_cpu_mask(). 2024-04-27 11:17:48 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace_attach: shift send(SIGSTOP) into ptrace_set_stopped() 2024-02-22 15:38:52 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove relay_file_splice_read dead code, doesn't work 2023-12-29 12:22:27 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
rseq.c
scftorture.c
scs.c
seccomp.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
signal.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 2023-10-30 17:56:53 -10:00
smpboot.c kthread: add kthread_stop_put 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Fix suspicious RCU usage in __do_softirq() 2024-04-29 05:03:51 +02:00
stackleak.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call_inline.c
static_call.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c lsm/stable-6.8 PR 20240105 2024-01-09 12:57:46 -08:00
sys.c powerpc/dexcr: Add DEXCR prctl interface 2024-05-06 22:04:31 +10:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 2023-09-19 13:21:32 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fill_stats_for_tgid: use for_each_thread() 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 2023-09-24 17:24:01 +02:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user_namespace.c user_namespace: remove unnecessary NULL values from kbuf 2024-02-22 15:38:52 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c printk: Change type of CONFIG_BASE_SMALL to bool 2024-05-06 17:39:09 +02:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c
vmcore_info.c mm: turn folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType 2024-04-24 19:34:26 -07:00
watch_queue.c watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order 2023-12-21 13:17:54 +01:00
watchdog_buddy.c
watchdog_perf.c
watchdog.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-6.10' into test-merge-for-6.10 2024-05-15 11:40:33 -10:00