linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/69] faster tree-based sysctl implementation

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Message-ID: <m139kxye8i.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Sun, 01 May 2011 20:26:37 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Octavian Purdila <tavi@...pub.ro>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/69] faster tree-based sysctl implementation

Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@...il.com> writes:

>> For long term maintainability and comprehensibility I think moving
>> sysctl in the direction of a normal filesystem makes a lot of sense.
>
> Ok, I agree that a later redesign of sysctl would suffer if there
> would be a mess regarding registration/unregistration of directories
> and no ownership information/enforcement. I'll see how this can be
> addressed in the next respin of this series.

Thanks.

Eric

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