linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible fashion.

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Message-ID: <46D6C40A.9090504@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:50:10 +0930
From:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible
 fashion.

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> This isn't "Oh some apps are using it let's get them to stop, because
> it is inconvenient".  This is  "No apps seems to be using this, we
> keep goofing up the maintenance and no one notices, and so it is
> likely a source of security problems and other nasties"
>   

This first claim is not consistent with the next claim:

> I have evidence that there are 1 or 2 open source applications using
> this (not counting the glibc weirdness).

If may be unmaintainable but, apparently, it's not really unused.
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