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Date: 05 Oct 2006 00:41:47 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> To: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: removed sysctl system call - documentation and timeline "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com> writes: > Hi, > > With recent kernels I'm getting a lot of warnings about programs using > the removed sysctl syscal. > > Examples (after 5 min of uptime here) : > root@...gon:/home/juhl# dmesg | grep "used the removed sysctl system > call" | sort | uniq > warning: process `dd' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `ls' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call > > and more can be found... They all only use a single sysctl (kernel/version). IMHO that one should be just emulated and the rest -ENOSYSed. There used to be a slightly buggy patch for that in tree. I think that would give all the advantages (dropping of the numerical name space) with 99+% backwards compatibility -Andi - 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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