linux-kernel - [PATCH] SYSCTL: Fix sysctl breakage on systems with older glibc

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Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:28:44 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] SYSCTL: Fix sysctl breakage on systems with older glibc

SYSCTL: Fix breakage on systems with older glibc

As predicted during code review, the sysctl(2) changes made systems
with old glibc nearly unusable. About every command gives a:

warning: process `ls' used the deprecated sysctl s ystem call with 1.4

warning in the log.

I see this on a SUSE 10.0 system with glibc 2.3.5.
Don't warn for this common case.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

diff -u linux-2.6.32-git12/kernel/sysctl_binary.c-o linux-2.6.32-git12/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
--- linux-2.6.32-git12/kernel/sysctl_binary.c-o	2009-12-16 12:15:52.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.32-git12/kernel/sysctl_binary.c	2009-12-16 12:14:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -1399,6 +1399,13 @@
 {
 	int i;
 
+	/* 
+	 * CTL_KERN/KERN_VERSION is used by older glibc and cannot 
+	 * ever go away.
+	 */
+	if (name[0] == CTL_KERN && name[1] == KERN_VERSION)
+		return;
+
 	if (printk_ratelimit()) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"warning: process `%s' used the deprecated sysctl "
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