linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make sysctl a separate filesystem

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:52:18 +0100
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make sysctl a separate filesystem

Al Viro writes:
 > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:35:23PM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
 > > Andi Kleen writes:
 > >  > Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org> writes:
 > >  > >    this subdir;
 > >  > > 3. sysctl inodes are now smaller than the procfs ones.
 > >  > 
 > >  > That's always a good thing.
 > >  > 
 > >  > > Note: update your initscripts to mount sysctl filesystem 
 > >  > > right after the proc is mounted in order not to lose your
 > >  > > /etc/sysctl.conf configuration (and optionally fstab).
 > >  > 
 > >  > That will break about everybody's init scripts I suspect.
 > >  > 
 > >  > I think you would need to go through some deprecation
 > >  > period for this at least, with printks warning people
 > >  > to fix their init scripts.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Or better find some way to do the mount automatically.
 > > 
 > > Doing it automatically is the only acceptable way, IMO.
 > 
 > When and where?

I don't really care, as long as existing user-space doesn't get broken.
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