Linus:
Sending the PR early as I'm on PTO next week.
I can make adjustments (if needed) at the end of the merge window as
I'll be back by then.
Best
The following changes since commit 19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494:
Linux 6.16-rc1 (2025-06-08 13:44:43 -0700)
are available in the Git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl.git sysctl-6.17-rc1
for you to fetch changes up to ffc137c5c195a7c2a0f3bdefd9bafa639ba5a430:
docs: Downgrade arm64 & riscv from titles to comment (2025-07-23 11:57:05 +0200)
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Summary
* Move sysctls out of the kern_table array
This is the final move of ctl_tables into their respective subsystems. Only 5
(out of the original 50) will remain in kernel/sysctl.c file; these handle
either sysctl or common arch variables.
By decentralizing sysctl registrations, subsystem maintainers regain control
over their sysctl interfaces, improving maintainability and reducing the
likelihood of merge conflicts.
* docs: Remove false positives from check-sysctl-docs
Stopped falsely identifying sysctls as undocumented or unimplemented in the
check-sysctl-docs script. This script can now be used to automatically
identify if documentation is missing.
* Testing
All these have been in linux-next since rc3, giving them a solid 3 to 4 weeks
worth of testing. Additionally, sysctl selftests and kunit were also run
locally on my x86_64
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Joel Granados (23):
module: Move modprobe_path and modules_disabled ctl_tables into the module subsys
locking/rtmutex: Move max_lock_depth into rtmutex.c
rcu: Move rcu_stall related sysctls into rcu/tree_stall.h
mm: move randomize_va_space into memory.c
parisc/power: Move soft-power into power.c
fork: mv threads-max into kernel/fork.c
Input: sysrq: mv sysrq into drivers/tty/sysrq.c
sysctl: Move tainted ctl_table into kernel/panic.c
sysctl: move cad_pid into kernel/pid.c
sysctl: Move sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow to kernel/panic.c
sysctl: Remove (very) old file changelog
sysctl: Remove superfluous includes from kernel/sysctl.c
sysctl: Nixify sysctl.sh
sysctl: Removed unused variable
uevent: mv uevent_helper into kobject_uevent.c
kernel/sys.c: Move overflow{uid,gid} sysctl into kernel/sys.c
sysctl: rename kern_table -> sysctl_subsys_table
docs: nixify check-sysctl-docs
docs: Use skiplist when checking sysctl admin-guide
docs: Add awk section for ucount sysctl entries
docs: Remove colon from ctltable title in vm.rst
docs: Replace spaces with tabs in check-sysctl-docs
docs: Downgrade arm64 & riscv from titles to comment
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 32 ++--
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 8 +-
drivers/parisc/power.c | 20 ++-
drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 41 +++++
include/linux/kmod.h | 3 -
include/linux/module.h | 1 -
include/linux/panic.h | 2 -
include/linux/rtmutex.h | 2 +-
include/linux/sysctl.h | 5 -
kernel/fork.c | 20 ++-
kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c | 18 ++
kernel/module/internal.h | 3 +
kernel/module/main.c | 30 +++-
kernel/panic.c | 60 +++++++
kernel/pid.c | 31 ++++
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 33 +++-
kernel/sys.c | 29 +++
kernel/sysctl.c | 270 +---------------------------
lib/kobject_uevent.c | 20 +++
mm/memory.c | 18 ++
scripts/check-sysctl-docs | 184 ++++++++++---------
tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh | 2 +-
22 files changed, 445 insertions(+), 387 deletions(-)
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Joel Granados
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