Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:09:45 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Allow /proc/sys without sys_sysctl |
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Theodore Tso wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:58:29PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 11:24 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >>> What is the motivation behind killing the sys_sysctl call anyway? >>> Sure its more ugly esthetically but it works. >> it "works" but the thing is that the number space is NOT stable, and as >> such it's a really bad ABI > > To be fair, the older, "base" numbers are actually stable, such as > what glibc is depending on, have in practice been quite stable. It's > only the newer fields that tend to be unstable. > > But that means we can afford to do an orderly migration away from it; > it's not something that has to be urgently done within a few weeks or > even a few months. >
Another alternative would be to publish a limited set of sysctl numbers that will be maintained forever.
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