sysctl: Initial support for auto-unregistering sysctl tables.
Add nreg to ctl_table_header. When nreg drops to 0 the ctl_table_header
will be unregistered.
Factor out drop_sysctl_table from unregister_sysctl_table, and add
the logic for decrementing nreg.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 1544485..13faa48 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
{{.count = 1,
- .ctl_table = root_table,
- .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),}},
+ .nreg = 1,
+ .ctl_table = root_table,
+ .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),}},
.root = &sysctl_table_root,
.set = &sysctl_table_root.default_set,
};
@@ -938,6 +939,7 @@
header->unregistering = NULL;
header->root = root;
header->count = 1;
+ header->nreg = 1;
if (sysctl_check_table(path, table))
goto fail;
@@ -1192,6 +1194,20 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl_table);
+static void drop_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header *header)
+{
+ if (--header->nreg)
+ return;
+
+ start_unregistering(header);
+ if (!--header->parent->count) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ kfree_rcu(header->parent, rcu);
+ }
+ if (!--header->count)
+ kfree_rcu(header, rcu);
+}
+
/**
* unregister_sysctl_table - unregister a sysctl table hierarchy
* @header: the header returned from register_sysctl_table
@@ -1224,13 +1240,7 @@
}
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
- start_unregistering(header);
- if (!--header->parent->count) {
- WARN_ON(1);
- kfree_rcu(header->parent, rcu);
- }
- if (!--header->count)
- kfree_rcu(header, rcu);
+ drop_sysctl_table(header);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_sysctl_table);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 094bc5c..e40b8f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@
struct list_head ctl_entry;
int used;
int count;
+ int nreg;
};
struct rcu_head rcu;
};