Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751180AbWHRIav (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:30:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751276AbWHRIak (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:30:40 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]:13528 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751217AbWHRIah (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:30:37 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:sender; b=cWy7LbupJ+IPVvK9Bq6NRyUWK6PAPoyarwWFi6QSab+3iPwgzevfDbSgSnz8Gf0OCPpOgk6++Hi9+rqEoSe+M4YOUXeH/PxNZac68Pgh8NamJt0JJoXNE5OY9ecMCXf3Mh0KjDxJsJbyGJpKUakzgvOHhcCF40f25uU2lyHLaY0= Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:30:22 +0000 From: Frederik Deweerdt To: Miles Lane Cc: LKML , "akpm@osdl.org" Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 + hotfix -- Many processes use the sysctl system call Message-ID: <20060818103022.GA1586@slug> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1321 Lines: 31 On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 03:41:27PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote: > My installation of Ubuntu is having trouble with my kernel build > because I disabled support for sysctl: > > warning: process `ls' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `evms_activate' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `alsactl' used the removed sysctl system call > > I am curious whether the use of sysctl indicates a problem in these > processes. What is the benefit of offering disabling sysctl support? > You may want to have a look at the '2.6.18-rc1-mm2: process `showconsole' used the removed sysctl system call' thread in the archives. Regards, Frederik > Thanks, > Miles > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/