For 6.19

[PATCH 0/7] sysctl: Move jiffies converters out of kernel/sysctl.c

• https://lore.kernel.org/20251017=jag=sysctl_jiffies=v1=0=175d81dfdf82@kernel.org

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• Got a warning from linux-next - struct ctl_table was missing from include/linux/jiffies.h - pushed the fix to linux next - modified the (“sysctl: Move jiffies converters to kernel/time/jiffies.c”)

  commit. In my local (jag/sysclt_jiffies) should have the fix.

• FIX NEEDED to protect converter users (jiffies & pipe)? The new macros are not protected by the CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL macro. This means that they always produce “full” (instead of no-ops) converter functions. This should not require a Bug Fix for the v6.19-rcX as none of these converter functions will ever get called. The proc functions are the only ones using these converters and they are no-ops when CONVIF_PROC_SYSCTL=n.

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There should be an explicity protection for the converters (as with the proc functions); but this can be punted to 7.00. We are already working on a potential fix: [1]

[1]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joel.granados/linux.git/log/?h=jag/no-macro-conv

[PATCH] sysctl remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument

• https://lore.kernel.org/20251027=jag=sysctl=v1=1=1c14a8a939ae@kernel.org

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[PATCH v2 00/11] sysctl: Generalize proc handler converter creation

• https://lore.kernel.org/20251016=jag=sysctl_conv=v2=0=a2f16529acc4@kernel.org

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[PATCH] sysctl: fix kernel-doc format warning

• https://lore.kernel.org/20251017070802.1639215=1=rdunlap@infradead.org

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[PATCH] watchdog: move nmi_watchdog sysctl into .rodata

• https://lore.kernel.org/20250929=jag=nmiwd_const=v1=1=92200d503b1f@kernel.org

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