This is part of the general push to deprecate register_sysctl_paths and
register_sysctl_table. Parport driver uses the "CHILD" pointer
in the ctl_table structure to create its directory structure. We move to
the newer register_sysctl call and remove the pointer madness.

I have separated the parport into 5 patches to clarify the different
changes needed for the 3 calls to register_sysctl_paths. I can squash
them together if need be.

We no longer export the register_sysctl_table call as parport was the
last user from outside proc_sysctl.c. Also modified documentation slightly
so register_sysctl_table is no longer mentioned.

V2:
* Added a return error value when register fails
* Made sure to free the memory on error when calling parport_proc_register
* Added a bloat-o-meter output to measure bloat
* Replaced kmalloc with kzalloc
* Added comments about testing
* Improved readability when using snprintf

Best
Joel

Joel Granados (6):
  parport: Move magic number "15" to a define
  parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from parport_proc_register
  parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from
    parport_device_proc_register
  parport: Remove register_sysctl_table from
    parport_default_proc_register
  parport: Removed sysctl related defines
  sysctl: stop exporting register_sysctl_table

 drivers/parport/procfs.c | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 drivers/parport/share.c  |   2 +-
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c    |   5 +-
 include/linux/parport.h  |   2 +
 include/linux/sysctl.h   |   8 +-
 5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

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2.30.2

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 06:28:57PM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> This is part of the general push to deprecate register_sysctl_paths and
> register_sysctl_table. Parport driver uses the "CHILD" pointer
> in the ctl_table structure to create its directory structure. We move to
> the newer register_sysctl call and remove the pointer madness.
> 
> I have separated the parport into 5 patches to clarify the different
> changes needed for the 3 calls to register_sysctl_paths. I can squash
> them together if need be.
> 
> We no longer export the register_sysctl_table call as parport was the
> last user from outside proc_sysctl.c. Also modified documentation slightly
> so register_sysctl_table is no longer mentioned.
> 
> V2:
> * Added a return error value when register fails
> * Made sure to free the memory on error when calling parport_proc_register
> * Added a bloat-o-meter output to measure bloat
> * Replaced kmalloc with kzalloc
> * Added comments about testing
> * Improved readability when using snprintf

Thanks, applied and pushed!

  Luis