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Linus Torvalds 91b6163be4 sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1
Summary
 * Removed sentinel elements from ctl_table structs in kernel/*
 
   Removing sentinels in ctl_table arrays reduces the build time size and
   runtime memory consumed by ~64 bytes per array. Removals for net/, io_uring/,
   mm/, ipc/ and security/ are set to go into mainline through their respective
   subsystems making the next release the most likely place where the final
   series that removes the check for proc_name == NULL will land. This PR adds
   to removals already in arch/, drivers/ and fs/.
 
 * Adjusted ctl_table definitions and references to allow constification
 
   Adjustments:
     - Removing unused ctl_table function arguments
     - Moving non-const elements from ctl_table to ctl_table_header
     - Making ctl_table pointers const in ctl_table_root structure
 
   Making the static ctl_table structs const will increase safety by keeping the
   pointers to proc_handler functions in .rodata. Though no ctl_tables where
   made const in this PR, the ground work for making that possible has started
   with these changes sent by Thomas Weißschuh.
 
 Testing
 * These changes went into linux-next after v6.9-rc4; giving it a good month of
   testing.
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Merge tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl

Pull sysctl updates from Joel Granados:

 - Remove sentinel elements from ctl_table structs in kernel/*

   Removing sentinels in ctl_table arrays reduces the build time size
   and runtime memory consumed by ~64 bytes per array. Removals for
   net/, io_uring/, mm/, ipc/ and security/ are set to go into mainline
   through their respective subsystems making the next release the most
   likely place where the final series that removes the check for
   proc_name == NULL will land.

   This adds to removals already in arch/, drivers/ and fs/.

 - Adjust ctl_table definitions and references to allow constification
     - Remove unused ctl_table function arguments
     - Move non-const elements from ctl_table to ctl_table_header
     - Make ctl_table pointers const in ctl_table_root structure

   Making the static ctl_table structs const will increase safety by
   keeping the pointers to proc_handler functions in .rodata. Though no
   ctl_tables where made const in this PR, the ground work for making
   that possible has started with these changes sent by Thomas
   Weißschuh.

* tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
  sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check
  sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header
  sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table
  sysctl: treewide: constify argument ctl_table_root::permissions(table)
  sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table)
  bpf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  delayacct: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kprobes: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  printk: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  seccomp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  timekeeping: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  ftrace: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  umh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
arch parisc architecture fixes and updates for kernel v6.10-rc1: 2024-05-17 11:59:09 -07:00
block SCSI misc on 20240514 2024-05-14 18:25:53 -07:00
certs This update includes the following changes: 2023-11-02 16:15:30 -10:00
crypto Hi, 2024-05-15 09:22:34 -07:00
Documentation Devicetree for v6.10: 2024-05-17 17:27:49 -07:00
drivers Devicetree for v6.10: 2024-05-17 17:27:49 -07:00
fs sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
include sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
init Livepatching changes for 6.10 2024-05-15 13:07:49 -07:00
io_uring for-6.10/io_uring-20240511 2024-05-13 12:48:06 -07:00
ipc sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
kernel sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
lib Networking changes for 6.10. 2024-05-14 19:42:24 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm ARM: 2024-05-15 14:46:43 -07:00
net sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
rust Timers and timekeeping updates: 2024-05-14 09:27:40 -07:00
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scripts Modules changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-15 14:05:08 -07:00
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sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Drop doubly quirk entry for 103c:8a2e 2024-05-13 12:54:46 +02:00
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virt KVM x86 misc changes for 6.10: 2024-05-12 03:18:44 -04:00
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.mailmap Another not-too-busy cycle for documentation, including: 2024-05-13 10:51:53 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Drop Gustavo Pimentel as PCI DWC Maintainer 2024-03-27 13:41:02 -05:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS powerpc updates for 6.10 2024-05-17 09:05:46 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.9 2024-05-12 14:12:29 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
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