Re: [PATCH v3 sysctl-next] bpf: move bpf sysctls from kernel/sysctl.c to bpf module

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Wed Mar 02 2022 - 15:39:18 EST


On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 10:04:12AM +0800, Yan Zhu wrote:
> We're moving sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c as its a mess. We
> already moved all filesystem sysctls out. And with time the goal is
> to move all sysctls out to their own susbsystem/actual user.
>
> kernel/sysctl.c has grown to an insane mess and its easy to run
> into conflicts with it. The effort to move them out is part of this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhu <zhuyan34@xxxxxxxxxx>

Daniel, let me know if this makes more sense now, and if so I can
offer take it through sysctl-next to avoid conflicts more sysctl knobs
get moved out from kernel/sysctl.c.

Luis