[RFC PATCH v5 0/2] sysctl: add CTLTBL_ENTRY_XXX() macros for ctl_table initialization

[wen . yang]

From: Wen Yang <wen.yang@xxxxxxxxx>

Historically, changes to how struct ctl_table entries are initialized
(e.g. removing the child field, const-qualifying ctl_table) required
touching hundreds of files across all subsystems.  Such series require
the attention of many maintainers, sometimes need to be pulled into
mainline in a special way, and create lots of unnecessary churn.  With
CTLTBL_ENTRY_XXX(), future structural changes to struct ctl_table need
only update the macro definitions.

Conversion of existing call sites will proceed incrementally from
kernel/sysctl.c outward, rather than as a treewide sweep.

This series:
 1. Introduces the CTLTBL_ENTRY_XXX() macros in include/linux/sysctl.h,
    using _Generic() for automatic proc_handler selection, auto
    address-of, auto maxlen via sizeof(), and compile-time validation.
    Supported types: int, unsigned int, long, unsigned long, bool, u8.
 2. Converts kernel/sysctl-test.c as a demonstration, adding a
    parameterized KUnit test covering all macro variants (V, VM, VMR,
    VN, VNM, VNMH) across int, u8, bool, and char[] types.

Based on discussion and suggestions from:
[1] https://sysctl-dev-rtd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notes/ctltable_entry_macro.html
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/psot4oeauxi3yyj2w4ajm3tfgtcsvao4rhv5sgd5s6ymmjgojk@p3vrj3qluban/

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Changes in v5:
  - Extend __CTL_AUTO_HANDLER to support bool and u8
  - Replace individual test functions with a single parameterized KUnit
    test (KUNIT_CASE_PARAM) covering all variants and types
  - Use struct ctl_table as the expected-value container in the param
    struct, eliminating custom expected_* fields

Changes in v4:
  - Fix Wpointer-type-mismatch warnings detected by lkp:
    https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202603050724.SZxrEyyu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

Changes in v3:
  - Replace the unique macro with "capital letter approach"
  - Reduce the name further
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/rn4rsazh7kxf5byq65vw2phyqgzvwm3scczu3l5h2r4aqit2r6@znlpb24z2zuo/

Changes in v2:
  - Add lvalue check, handler type check, etc.
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/xptwb3uwbzposd4xf7khj52ifv4tchcjdgllhv7aabi6d7wgef@2msurl564v53/


Wen Yang (2):
  sysctl: introduce CTLTBL_ENTRY_XXX() helper macros
  sysctl: convert kernel/sysctl-test.c to use CTLTBL_ENTRY_XXX()

 include/linux/sysctl.h | 307 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sysctl-test.c   | 237 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 kernel/sysctl.c        |   2 +
 3 files changed, 447 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)

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