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authorJoel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>2025-04-29 14:30:00 +0200
committerJoel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>2025-07-23 11:52:47 +0200
commitd0d05f602c1504fb868ed4a560d1465d88a3c5e5 (patch)
treebd82a25220da535e095953033d42a01e3a234d13
parentLinux 6.16-rc1 (diff)
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module: Move modprobe_path and modules_disabled ctl_tables into the module subsys
Move module sysctl (modprobe_path and modules_disabled) out of sysctl.c and into the modules subsystem. Make modules_disabled static as it no longer needs to be exported. Remove module.h from the includes in sysctl as it no longer uses any module exported variables. This is part of a greater effort to move ctl tables into their respective subsystems which will reduce the merge conflicts in kernel/sysctl.c. Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kmod.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/module.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/module/internal.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/module/main.c30
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c20
5 files changed, 32 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
index 68f69362d427..9a07c3215389 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256
-
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-extern char modprobe_path[]; /* for sysctl */
/* modprobe exit status on success, -ve on error. Return value
* usually useless though. */
extern __printf(2, 3)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 92e1420fccdf..e93cdb92ad92 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ struct notifier_block;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-extern int modules_disabled; /* for sysctl */
/* Get/put a kernel symbol (calls must be symmetric) */
void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol);
void *__symbol_get_gpl(const char *symbol);
diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
index 8d74b0a21c82..51ddd8866ef3 100644
--- a/kernel/module/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module/internal.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[];
extern const u32 __start___kcrctab[];
extern const u32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
+#define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256
+extern char modprobe_path[];
+
struct load_info {
const char *name;
/* pointer to module in temporary copy, freed at end of load_module() */
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 413ac6ea3702..c11d9a125001 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -126,9 +126,37 @@ static void mod_update_bounds(struct module *mod)
}
/* Block module loading/unloading? */
-int modules_disabled;
+static int modules_disabled;
core_param(nomodule, modules_disabled, bint, 0);
+static const struct ctl_table module_sysctl_table[] = {
+ {
+ .procname = "modprobe",
+ .data = &modprobe_path,
+ .maxlen = KMOD_PATH_LEN,
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dostring,
+ },
+ {
+ .procname = "modules_disabled",
+ .data = &modules_disabled,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ /* only handle a transition from default "0" to "1" */
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+ },
+};
+
+static int __init init_module_sysctl(void)
+{
+ register_sysctl_init("kernel", module_sysctl_table);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(init_module_sysctl);
+
/* Waiting for a module to finish initializing? */
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(module_wq);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 9b4f0cff76ea..473133d9651e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
* Removed it and replaced it with older style, 03/23/00, Bill Wendling
*/
-#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <linux/bitmap.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
@@ -1616,25 +1615,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
},
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- {
- .procname = "modprobe",
- .data = &modprobe_path,
- .maxlen = KMOD_PATH_LEN,
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dostring,
- },
- {
- .procname = "modules_disabled",
- .data = &modules_disabled,
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- /* only handle a transition from default "0" to "1" */
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
- .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
- },
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
{
.procname = "hotplug",