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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:10:26 +0200
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
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Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
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Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl: remove sysctl syscall
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> writes:
> On 10/19/2010 10:22 AM, Amerigo Wang wrote:
>> Remove the obsolete sysctl syscall. It was scheduled
>> to be removed in Sept.
>
>
> I thought at least older glibc was still using it? Did anyone check
> what happens if it sees no sysctl(2)?
It will fall back reading from /proc/sys.
Andreas.
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