netdev - Re: sysctls

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Message-ID: <m1irbkqkvp.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:06:34 -0600
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sysctls

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:29:24 -0700
>
>> 
>> I note that the networking tree is adding new sysctls:
>> 
>> <<<<<<< HEAD/include/linux/sysctl.h
>>         NET_IPV6_ACCEPT_SOURCE_ROUTE=25,
>> =======
>>         NET_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD=24,
>>         NET_IPV6_ACCEPT_SOURCE_ROUTE=25,
>> >>>>>>> /include/linux/sysctl.h
>> 
>> (Well, it's trying to - there are some git rejects in net-2.6.22)
>
> I knew this was going to happen because of Yoshifuji's
> security fix, the conflict is trivial to resolve.
>
> I'll rebase the net-2.6.22 tree later today since all
> we should have before 2.6.21-final is the netlink
> OOPS'er fix Alexey just posted.

David for clarity do you happen to know of anyone using binary
sysctl values?

In particular is there any reason not to use CTL_UNNUMBERED
for new networking sysctls?

Eric

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