Hi,
This is version 5 of a patch series that introduces a faster/leaner
sysctl internal implementation. Due to high number of patches and low
general interest I'll just point you to the tree/branch:
git://github.com/luciang/linux-2.6-new-sysctl.git v5-new-sysctl-alg
Eric: I have a separate set of patches that make changes to the rest
of the kernel. Those patches only change sysctl registrations:
they replace complex tree registrations (with explicit sysctl
directories), with registrations of arrays of sysctl files.
Those patches DON'T depend on anything from this series.
Examples:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1137032/focus=1137089
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1137032/focus=1137087
I'd like an OK-GO from you to start sending the patches for
review to their respective maintainers. Also please say if you
want to be CCed in those patches.
Changes since v4:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/196495/focus=1144143
- rebased on 3.0-rc1
- added a new patch manually register kernel/usermodehelper which
was added in 3.0-rc1
- minor changes to the "sysctl: simplify find_in_table" patch
Changes since v3:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/196495/
- removed a bad patch that shrinked a counter from int to u8
Changes since v2:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1137032/focus=3D194748
- added a compatibility layer to support old registering complex
sysctl trees. This layer will be deleted once all users of the old
are changed.
- subdirectories and netns correspondent dirs are now held in rbtrees
- split of from the patches that make changes in the rest of the tree
- rebased on top of 2.6.39
Changes since v1:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1133667
- rebased on top of 2.6.39-rc6
- split the patch that adds the new algorithm and data structures.
- fixed a few bugs lingering in the old code
- shrinked a reference counter
- added a new reference counter to maintain ownership information
- added method to register an empty sysctl dir and converted some users
- added checks enforcing the rule that a non-netns specific directory may
not be registered after a netns specific one has already been registered.
- added cookie support: register a piece of data with the header to be
used to make simple conversions on the ctl_table. This saves memory where
Part 1: introduce compatibility layer:
sysctl: introduce temporary sysctl wrappers
sysctl: register only tables of sysctl files
Part 2: minimal changes to sysctl users:
sysctl: call sysctl_init before the first sysctl registration
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/random
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/usermodehelper
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/keys
sysctl: no-child: manually register fs/inotify
sysctl: no-child: manually register fs/epoll
sysctl: no-child: manually register root tables
Part 3: cleanups simplifying the new algorithm (created when
asked to break up the new algorithm patch):
sysctl: faster reimplementation of sysctl_check_table
sysctl: remove useless ctl_table->parent field
sysctl: simplify find_in_table
sysctl: sysctl_head_grab defaults to root header on NULL
sysctl: delete useless grab_header function
sysctl: rename ->used to ->ctl_use_refs
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_grab/finish to sysctl_use_header/unuse
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_next to sysctl_use_next_header
sysctl: split ->count into ctl_procfs_refs and ctl_header_refs
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_get/put to sysctl_proc_inode_get/put
sysctl: rename (un)use_table to __sysctl_(un)use_header
sysctl: simplify ->permissions hook
sysctl: group root-specific operations
sysctl: introduce ctl_table_group
sysctl: move removal from list out of start_unregistering
Part 4: new algorithm/data structures:
sysctl: faster tree-based sysctl implementation
Part 5: checks/warns requested during review:
sysctl: add duplicate entry and sanity ctl_table checks
sysctl: alloc ctl_table_header with kmem_cache
sysctl: check netns-specific registration order respected
sysctl: warn if registration/unregistration order is not respected
RFC: sysctl: always perform sysctl checks
Part 6: Eric requested rbtrees for subdirs. I also used rbtrees for
netns correspondent dirs. Hope that adding rbtrees after
using the old list-based implementation is good enough.
The rbtree code complicates things a bit and would uglify
the patch adding the new algorithm.
sysctl: reorder members of ctl_table_header (cleanup)
sysctl: add ctl_type member
RFC: sysctl: replace subdirectory list with rbtree
RFC: sysctl: replace netns corresp list with rbtree
sysctl: union-ize some ctl_table_header fields
Part 7: Eric requested ability to register an empty dir:
sysctl: add register_sysctl_dir: register an empty sysctl directory
Part 8: unrequested feature I'd like to piggy back :)
sysctl: add ctl_cookie and ctl_cookie_handler
sysctl: add cookie to __register_sysctl_paths
sysctl: add register_net_sysctl_table_net_cookie
drivers/char/random.c | 27 +-
fs/eventpoll.c | 22 +-
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 22 +-
fs/proc/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 236 +++++---
include/linux/inotify.h | 2 -
include/linux/key.h | 3 -
include/linux/kmod.h | 3 -
include/linux/poll.h | 2 -
include/linux/sysctl.h | 221 +++++---
include/net/net_namespace.h | 4 +-
init/main.c | 1 +
kernel/Makefile | 5 +-
kernel/kmod.c | 14 +-
kernel/sysctl.c | 1165 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
kernel/sysctl_check.c | 316 +++++++----
lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 -
net/sysctl_net.c | 86 ++--
security/keys/key.c | 7 +
security/keys/sysctl.c | 18 +-
20 files changed, 1492 insertions(+), 672 deletions(-)
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..: Lucian