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sysctl: Add ctl_table_size to ctl_table_header

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The new ctl_table_size element will hold the size of the ctl_table
arrays contained in the ctl_table_header. This value should eventually
be passed by the callers to the sysctl register infrastructure. And
while this commit introduces the variable, it does not set nor use it
because that requires case by case considerations for each caller.

It provides two important things: (1) A place to put the
result of the ctl_table array calculation when it gets introduced for
each caller. And (2) the size that will be used as the additional
stopping criteria in the list_for_each_table_entry macro (to be added
when all the callers are migrated)

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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Joel Granados 2023-08-09 12:49:55 +02:00 committed by Luis Chamberlain
parent 18d4b42e9d
commit 1e88772354
1 changed files with 12 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -159,12 +159,22 @@ struct ctl_node {
struct ctl_table_header *header;
};
/* struct ctl_table_header is used to maintain dynamic lists of
struct ctl_table trees. */
/**
* struct ctl_table_header - maintains dynamic lists of struct ctl_table trees
* @ctl_table: pointer to the first element in ctl_table array
* @ctl_table_size: number of elements pointed by @ctl_table
* @used: The entry will never be touched when equal to 0.
* @count: Upped every time something is added to @inodes and downed every time
* something is removed from inodes
* @nreg: When nreg drops to 0 the ctl_table_header will be unregistered.
* @rcu: Delays the freeing of the inode. Introduced with "unfuck proc_sysctl ->d_compare()"
*
*/
struct ctl_table_header {
union {
struct {
struct ctl_table *ctl_table;
int ctl_table_size;
int used;
int count;
int nreg;