Ocfs2 devel - May 2020 - [PATCH 11/13] random: simplify sysctl declaration with register_sysctl_subdir()

From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming at huawei.com>

Move random_table sysctl from kernel/sysctl.c to drivers/char/random.c
and use register_sysctl_subdir() to help remove the clutter out of
kernel/sysctl.c.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming at huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c  | 14 ++++++++++++--
 include/linux/sysctl.h |  1 -
 kernel/sysctl.c        |  5 -----
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index a7cf6aa65908..73fd4b6e9c18 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2101,8 +2101,7 @@ static int proc_do_entropy(struct ctl_table *table, int
write,
 }
 
 static int sysctl_poolsize = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
-struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "poolsize",
 		.data		= &sysctl_poolsize,
@@ -2164,6 +2163,17 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 #endif
 	{ }
 };
+
+/*
+ * rand_initialize() is called before sysctl_init(),
+ * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in rand_initialize()
+ */
+static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_subdir("kernel", "random", random_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(random_sysctls_init);
 #endif 	/* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 struct batched_entropy {
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index e5364b69dd95..33a471b56345 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
 extern struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[];
-extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table *
table)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5c116904feb7..f9a35325d5d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2078,11 +2078,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= sysctl_max_threads,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "random",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= random_table,
-	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "usermodehelper",
 		.mode		= 0555,
-- 
2.26.2

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 07:41:06AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain
wrote:
> From: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming at huawei.com>
> 
> Move random_table sysctl from kernel/sysctl.c to drivers/char/random.c
> and use register_sysctl_subdir() to help remove the clutter out of
> kernel/sysctl.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/char/random.c  | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/sysctl.h |  1 -
>  kernel/sysctl.c        |  5 -----
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
> index a7cf6aa65908..73fd4b6e9c18 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/random.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/random.c
> @@ -2101,8 +2101,7 @@ static int proc_do_entropy(struct ctl_table *table,
int write,
>  }
>  
>  static int sysctl_poolsize = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;
> -extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
> -struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
> +static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
>  	{
>  		.procname	= "poolsize",
>  		.data		= &sysctl_poolsize,
> @@ -2164,6 +2163,17 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
>  #endif
>  	{ }
>  };
> +
> +/*
> + * rand_initialize() is called before sysctl_init(),
> + * so we cannot call register_sysctl_init() in rand_initialize()
> + */
> +static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
> +{
> +	register_sysctl_subdir("kernel", "random",
random_table);
No error checking?

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