netdev - Re: IPv4: Why are sysctl settings of abandoned route cache / GC still around?

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Date:   Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     oliver.peter.herms@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPv4: Why are sysctl settings of abandoned route cache / GC
 still around?

From: Oliver Herms <oliver.peter.herms@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:33:30 +0200

> is there a reason sysctl settings like net/ipv4/route/
> - max_size
> - gc_thresh
> - gc_min_interval
> - gc_min_interval_ms
> - gc_elasticity
> are still around in current kernels? 

Because otherwise scripts would break.

Sysctl is a user facing API.