Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:50:51 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Document that sys_sysctl will be removed. |
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:39:47 -0600 Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> > --- > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index e978943..bef1bf0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -250,3 +250,14 @@ Why: These drivers never compiled since > Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> > > --------------------------- > + > +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>
aha, patch 1/2 and patch 2/2 would have helped that. :)
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