[v2,2/3] sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header

Commit Message

Thomas Weißschuh March 22, 2024, 5:05 p.m. UTC

Move the SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_{DEFAULT,PERMANENTLY_EMPTY} enums from
ctl_table to ctl_table_header.
Removing the mutable member is necessary to constify static instances
of struct ctl_table.

Move the initialization of the sysctl_mount_point type into
init_header() where all the other header fields are also initialized.

As a side-effect the memory usage of the sysctl core is reduced.
Each ctl_table_header instance can manage multiple ctl_table instances
and is only allocated when the table is actually registered.
This saves 8 bytes of memory per ctl_table on 64bit, 4 due to the enum
field itself and 4 due to padding.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[e-mail]>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c  | 10 ++++++----
 include/linux/sysctl.h | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 2f4d4329d83d..fde7a2f773f0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@  static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
 
 /* Support for permanently empty directories */
 static struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[] = {
-	{.type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY }
+	{ }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@  struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_mount_point);
 
 #define sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)		\
-	(hptr->ctl_table[0].type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
+	(hptr->type == SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
 #define sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)		\
-	(hptr->ctl_table[0].type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
+	(hptr->type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY)
 #define sysctl_clear_perm_empty_ctl_header(hptr)	\
-	(hptr->ctl_table[0].type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT)
+	(hptr->type = SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT)
 
 void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
 {
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@  static void init_header(struct ctl_table_header *head,
 			node++;
 		}
 	}
+	if (table == sysctl_mount_point)
+		sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(head);
 }
 
 static void erase_header(struct ctl_table_header *head)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index ee7d33b89e9e..c87f73c06cb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -137,17 +137,6 @@  struct ctl_table {
 	void *data;
 	int maxlen;
 	umode_t mode;
-	/**
-	 * enum type - Enumeration to differentiate between ctl target types
-	 * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT: ctl target with no special considerations
-	 * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY: Used to identify a permanently
-	 *                                       empty directory target to serve
-	 *                                       as mount point.
-	 */
-	enum {
-		SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT,
-		SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY
-	} type;
 	proc_handler *proc_handler;	/* Callback for text formatting */
 	struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
 	void *extra1;
@@ -188,6 +177,17 @@  struct ctl_table_header {
 	struct ctl_dir *parent;
 	struct ctl_node *node;
 	struct hlist_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
+	/**
+	 * enum type - Enumeration to differentiate between ctl target types
+	 * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT: ctl target with no special considerations
+	 * @SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY: Used to identify a permanently
+	 *                                       empty directory target to serve
+	 *                                       as mount point.
+	 */
+	enum {
+		SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+		SYSCTL_TABLE_TYPE_PERMANENTLY_EMPTY,
+	} type;
 };
 
 struct ctl_dir {