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    SubjectRe: [PATCHv2] Undeprecate the sysctl system call
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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.

    -Andi
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