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

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Message-ID: <20070903091639.GU21089@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:16:39 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	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 Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:37:33AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> That would probably break near all init scripts out there.
> 
> Can't the file system not just be mounted with /proc together?

Won't be fun to implement.  Really.  BTW, I really wonder what will
happen if two processes step on a magic symlink at the same time -
ought to check if NFS use is broken.
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