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From:   Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com>
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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 12:02:26 +0800
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On 2020/5/20 11:31, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2020 11:31:07 +0800 Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
>> Kernel/sysctl.c
> 
> eek!
> 
>>
>>   fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c        |   2 +-
>>   include/linux/sched/sysctl.h |  14 +--
>>   include/linux/sysctl.h       |  13 ++-
>>   kernel/hung_task.c           |  77 +++++++++++++++-
>>   kernel/sysctl.c              | 214 +++++++------------------------------------
>>   kernel/watchdog.c            | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>   6 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-)
> 
> Here's what we presently have happening in linux-next's kernel/sysctl.c:
> 
>   sysctl.c | 3109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 1521 insertions(+), 1588 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> So this is not a good time for your patch!
> 
> Can I suggest that you set the idea aside and take a look after 5.8-rc1
> is released?
> 

ok, I will make v5 patch based on 5.8-rc1 after 5.8-rc1 is released,
And add more sysctl table cleanup.

Thanks
Xiaoming Ni