netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

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Message-Id: <20190814.142112.1080694155114782651.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:21:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Cc:     dledford@...hat.com, gerd.rausch@...cle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

From: santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700

> Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up
> using these proc entries from downstream kernel. The newer lib/app
> using RDS don't use these. Unfortunately lot of customer still use
> Oracle 9, 10, 11 which were released before 2007 and run these apps
> on modern kernels.

So those apps are using proc entries that were never upstream...

Sorry, this is completely and utterly inappropriate.