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

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:22:47 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible fashion.

On Thursday 30 August 2007 1:34:02 pm Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 02:32:11PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > (If sysctlfs wasn't part of proc, that would be less of an issue, but we
> > need union mounts for that...)
>
> Not at all.  all sysctls are under /proc/sys/

Ah, right.  Good point.  (I was thinking of the problem of 
splitting /proc/$PID directories from the rest of the stuff in /proc.)

Rob
-- 
"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
  - Ken Thompson.
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