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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:14:28 +0100 From: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> CC: ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl.h: Comment out unused constants H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Richard Knutsson wrote: >> Comment out unused constants in include/linux/sysctl.h. >> >> Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se> > > NAK as all hell. > > This file exports an interface to userspace, and thus should be > maintained indefinitely. Oh, then I misunderstood Eric W. Bieders' message about comment out unused numbers. But just of interest; what happens when userspace use a number not used in the kernel (except in sysctl.h)? Is it just a no-op? Richard Knutsson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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