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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:31:37 +0100
From: Thomas =?utf-8?Q?Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
To: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] sysctl: treewide: prepare ctl_table_root for
 ctl_table constification
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On 2024-03-22 13:47:09+0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 07:11:29PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > The two patches were previously submitted on their own.
> > In commit f9436a5d0497
> > ("sysctl: allow to change limits for posix messages queues")
> > a code dependency was introduced between the two callbacks.
> > This code dependency results in a dependency between the two patches, so
> > now they are submitted as a series.
> > 
> > The series is meant to be merged via the sysctl tree.
> > 
> > There is an upcoming series that will introduce a new implementation of
> > .set_ownership and .permissions which would need to be adapted [0].
> > 
> > These changes ere originally part of the sysctl-const series [1].
> > To slim down that series and reduce the message load on other
> > maintainers to a minimum, the patches are split out.
> > 
> > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240222160915.315255-1-aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com/
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231204-const-sysctl-v2-2-7a5060b11447@weissschuh.net/
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Drop now spurious argument in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > - Rebase on next-20240315
> > - Incorporate permissions patch.
> > - Link to v2 (ownership): https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240223-sysctl-const-ownership-v2-1-f9ba1795aaf2@weissschuh.net
> > - Link to v1 (permissions): https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231226-sysctl-const-permissions-v1-1-5cd3c91f6299@weissschuh.net
> > 
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Rework commit message
> > - Mention potential conflict with upcoming per-namespace kernel.pid_max
> >   sysctl
> > - Delete unused parameter table
> > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231226-sysctl-const-ownership-v1-1-d78fdd744ba1@weissschuh.net
> > 
> > ---
> > Thomas Weißschuh (2):
> >       sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table)
> >       sysctl: treewide: constify argument ctl_table_root::permissions(table)
> > 
> >  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c  | 2 +-
> >  include/linux/sysctl.h | 3 +--
> >  ipc/ipc_sysctl.c       | 5 ++---
> >  ipc/mq_sysctl.c        | 5 ++---
> >  kernel/ucount.c        | 2 +-
> >  net/sysctl_net.c       | 3 +--
> >  6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > ---
> > base-commit: a1e7655b77e3391b58ac28256789ea45b1685abb
> > change-id: 20231226-sysctl-const-ownership-ff75e67b4eea
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > -- 
> > Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> > 
> 
> Will put this to test and then try to rebase it to 6.9-rc1 once it comes
> out.

Thanks!
Your changes to the commit messages look good.

For my other changes I'm planning to resubmit all of them during the
weekend or next week.


Thomas