Merge branch 'net-sysctl-sentinel'

Joel Granados says:

====================
sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from networking

What?
These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from the
sysctl arrays of all the files under the "net/" directory that register
a sysctl array. The merging of the preparation patches [4] to mainline
allows us to just remove sentinel elements without changing behavior.
This is safe because the sysctl registration code (register_sysctl() and
friends) use the array size in addition to checking for a sentinel [1].

Why?
By removing the sysctl sentinel elements we avoid kernel bloat as
ctl_table arrays get moved out of kernel/sysctl.c into their own
respective subsystems. This move was started long ago to avoid merge
conflicts; the sentinel removal bit came after Mathew Wilcox suggested
it to avoid bloating the kernel by one element as arrays moved out. This
patchset will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
time memory bloat by about ~64 bytes per declared ctl_table array (more
info here [5]).

When are we done?
There are 4 patchest (25 commits [2]) that are still outstanding to
completely remove the sentinels: files under "net/" (this patchset),
files under "kernel/" dir, misc dirs (files under mm/ security/ and
others) and the final set that removes the unneeded check for ->procname
== NULL.

Testing:
* Ran sysctl selftests (./tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh)
* Ran this through 0-day with no errors or warnings

Savings in vmlinux:
  A total of 64 bytes per sentinel is saved after removal; I measured in
  x86_64 to give an idea of the aggregated savings. The actual savings
  will depend on individual kernel configuration.
    * bloat-o-meter
        - The "yesall" config saves 3976 bytes (bloat-o-meter output [6])
        - A reduced config [3] saves 1263 bytes (bloat-o-meter output [7])

Savings in allocated memory:
  None in this set but will occur when the superfluous allocations are
  removed from proc_sysctl.c. I include it here for context. The
  estimated savings during boot for config [3] are 6272 bytes. See [8]
  for how to measure it.

Comments/feedback greatly appreciated

Changes in v6:
- Rebased onto net-next/main.
- Besides re-running my cocci scripts, I ran a new find script [9].
  Found 0 hits in net/
- Moved "i" variable declaraction out of for() in sysctl_core_net_init
- Removed forgotten sentinel in mpls_table
- Removed CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE guard from net/ax25/ax25_ds_timer.c. It
  is not needed because that file is compiled only when
  CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE is set.
- When traversing smc_table, stop on ARRAY_SIZE instead of ARRAY_SIZE-1.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240426-jag-sysctl_remset_net-v5-0-e3b12f6111a6@samsung.com

Changes in v5:
- Added net files with additional variable to my test .config so the
  typo can be caught next time.
- Fixed typo tabel_size -> table_size
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240425-jag-sysctl_remset_net-v4-0-9e82f985777d@samsung.com

Changes in v4:
- Keep reverse xmas tree order when introducing new variables
- Use a table_size variable to keep the value of ARRAY_SIZE
- Separated the original "networking: Remove the now superfluous
  sentinel elements from ctl_table arra" into smaller commits to ease
  review
- Merged x.25 and ax.25 commits together.
- Removed any SOB from the commits that were changed
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412-jag-sysctl_remset_net-v3-0-11187d13c211@samsung.com

Changes in v3:
- Reworkded ax.25
  - Added a BUILD_BUG_ON for the ax.25 commit
  - Added a CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE guard where needed
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240328-jag-sysctl_remset_net-v2-0-52c9fad9a1af@samsung.com

Changes in v2:
- Rebased to v6.9-rc1
- Removed unneeded comment from sysctl_net_ax25.c
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240314-jag-sysctl_remset_net-v1-0-aa26b44d29d9@samsung.com
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Author: davem330

include/net/ax25.h

@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ enum {
 	AX25_VALUES_N2,		/* Default N2 value */
 	AX25_VALUES_PACLEN,	/* AX.25 MTU */
 	AX25_VALUES_PROTOCOL,	/* Std AX.25, DAMA Slave, DAMA Master */
+#ifdef CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE
 	AX25_VALUES_DS_TIMEOUT,	/* DAMA Slave timeout */
+#endif
 	AX25_MAX_VALUES		/* THIS MUST REMAIN THE LAST ENTRY OF THIS LIST */
 };
 

net/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.c

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static struct ctl_table atalk_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 	},
-	{ },
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *atalk_table_header;

net/ax25/ax25_dev.c

@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ void ax25_dev_device_up(struct net_device *dev)
 	ax25_dev->values[AX25_VALUES_N2]        = AX25_DEF_N2;
 	ax25_dev->values[AX25_VALUES_PACLEN]	= AX25_DEF_PACLEN;
 	ax25_dev->values[AX25_VALUES_PROTOCOL]  = AX25_DEF_PROTOCOL;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE
 	ax25_dev->values[AX25_VALUES_DS_TIMEOUT]= AX25_DEF_DS_TIMEOUT;
+#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE) || defined(CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_MASTER)
 	ax25_ds_setup_timer(ax25_dev);

net/ax25/ax25_ds_timer.c

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void ax25_ds_set_timer(ax25_dev *ax25_dev)
 	ax25_dev->dama.slave_timeout =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(ax25_dev->values[AX25_VALUES_DS_TIMEOUT]) / 10;
 	mod_timer(&ax25_dev->dama.slave_timer, jiffies + HZ);
+	return;
 }
 
 /*

net/ax25/sysctl_net_ax25.c

@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table ax25_param_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &max_ds_timeout
 	},
 #endif
-
-	{ }	/* that's all, folks! */
 };
 
 int ax25_register_dev_sysctl(ax25_dev *ax25_dev)
@@ -155,6 +153,7 @@ int ax25_register_dev_sysctl(ax25_dev *ax25_dev)
 	if (!table)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(ax25_param_table) != AX25_MAX_VALUES);
 	for (k = 0; k < AX25_MAX_VALUES; k++)
 		table[k].data = &ax25_dev->values[k];
 

net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c

@@ -1226,7 +1226,6 @@ static struct ctl_table brnf_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
 	},
-	{ }
 };
 
 static inline void br_netfilter_sysctl_default(struct brnf_net *brnf)

net/core/neighbour.c

@@ -3733,7 +3733,7 @@ static int neigh_proc_base_reachable_time(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 
 static struct neigh_sysctl_table {
 	struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
-	struct ctl_table neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_MAX + 1];
+	struct ctl_table neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_MAX];
 } neigh_sysctl_template __read_mostly = {
 	.neigh_vars = {
 		NEIGH_SYSCTL_ZERO_INTMAX_ENTRY(MCAST_PROBES, "mcast_solicit"),
@@ -3784,7 +3784,6 @@ static struct neigh_sysctl_table {
 			.extra2		= SYSCTL_INT_MAX,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		},
-		{},
 	},
 };
 
@@ -3812,8 +3811,6 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
 	if (dev) {
 		dev_name_source = dev->name;
 		/* Terminate the table early */
-		memset(&t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL], 0,
-		       sizeof(t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL]));
 		neigh_vars_size = NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS + 1;
 	} else {
 		struct neigh_table *tbl = p->tbl;

net/core/sysctl_net_core.c

@@ -661,7 +661,6 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 	},
-	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
@@ -698,7 +697,6 @@ static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
 	},
-	{ }
 };
 
 static int __init fb_tunnels_only_for_init_net_sysctl_setup(char *str)
@@ -716,20 +714,21 @@ __setup("fb_tunnels=", fb_tunnels_only_for_init_net_sysctl_setup);
 
 static __net_init int sysctl_core_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
-	struct ctl_table *tbl, *tmp;
+	size_t table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(netns_core_table);
+	struct ctl_table *tbl;
 
 	tbl = netns_core_table;
 	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
+		int i;
 		tbl = kmemdup(tbl, sizeof(netns_core_table), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (tbl == NULL)
 			goto err_dup;
 
-		for (tmp = tbl; tmp->procname; tmp++)
-			tmp->data += (char *)net - (char *)&init_net;
+		for (i = 0; i < table_size; ++i)
+			tbl[i].data += (char *)net - (char *)&init_net;
 	}
 
-	net->core.sysctl_hdr = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, "net/core", tbl,
-						      ARRAY_SIZE(netns_core_table));
+	net->core.sysctl_hdr = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, "net/core", tbl, table_size);
 	if (net->core.sysctl_hdr == NULL)
 		goto err_reg;
 

net/dccp/sysctl.c

@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ static struct ctl_table dccp_default_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies,
 	},
-
-	{ }
 };
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *dccp_table_header;

net/ieee802154/6lowpan/reassembly.c

@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ static struct ctl_table lowpan_frags_ns_ctl_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 	},
-	{ }
 };
 
 /* secret interval has been deprecated */
@@ -351,7 +350,6 @@ static struct ctl_table lowpan_frags_ctl_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 	},
-	{ }
 };
 
 static int __net_init lowpan_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct net *net)
@@ -370,10 +368,8 @@ static int __net_init lowpan_frags_ns_sysctl_register(struct net *net)
 			goto err_alloc;
 
 		/* Don't export sysctls to unprivileged users */
-		if (net->user_ns != &init_user_ns) {
-			table[0].procname = NULL;
+		if (net->user_ns != &init_user_ns)
 			table_size = 0;
-		}
 	}
 
 	table[0].data	= &ieee802154_lowpan->fqdir->high_thresh;