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* [PATCH] fs/proc: avoid unused ctl_table entry in init_header
@ 2026-09-09 16:32 Safety 1
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From: Safety 1 @ 2026-09-09 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kees; +Cc: joel.granados, linux-kernel, linux-fsdevel, Safety 1

The entry variable in init_header() is only used by
list_for_each_table_entry() for iteration and is never read. With
-Werror=unused-but-set-variable, this causes the build to fail.

Use the table size directly for the loop since the entry value is
not needed here.

Tested with: make -j$(nproc)
Signed-off-by: Safety 1 <176830914+JokerPython3@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 04a382178..ddc510def 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -206,9 +206,7 @@ static void init_header(struct ctl_table_header *head,
 	head->node = node;
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&head->inodes);
 	if (node) {
-		const struct ctl_table *entry;
-
-		list_for_each_table_entry(entry, head) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < head->ctl_table_size; i++) {
 			node->header = head;
 			node++;
 		}

base-commit: 893e11787f78e43b534e252249ac3fff4d1333f8
-- 
2.55.0


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