On 28 Aug 2006 21:05:46 +0200
Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew Morton <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >
> > No, they're just a little warning we put in there to find out how
> > removeable sys_sysctl() is. (Answer: not very. I'll drop that patch).
>
> I made the same experiment some time ago -- all of them use only a single
> sysctl (KERN_VERSION). If that one is emulated there are basically no users
> left. I can resend a patch to warn only for those that are not KERN_VERSION
> if there is interest.
>
Yes, that would be useful, thanks.
Eric, it sounds like one way to settle this would be to keep sys_sysctl()
if CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=n, but only a stripped-down version which supports
KERN_VERSION. And which spits a once-per-boot warning so people stop using
it one day.
Or we give up and go do something else. This is all a bit of a pita.
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