Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2] Undeprecate the sysctl system call | Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:28:43 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 18 October 2006 18:20, Cal Peake wrote:
> -What: sys_sysctl > -When: January 2007 > -Why: The same information is available through /proc/sys and that is the > - interface user space prefers to use. And there do not appear to be > - any existing user in user space of sys_sysctl. The additional > - maintenance overhead of keeping a set of binary names gets > - in the way of doing a good job of maintaining this interface. > - > -Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
I think the deprecation should stay.
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