Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030480AbWHRQjp (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:39:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030501AbWHRQjp (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:39:45 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:52925 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030480AbWHRQjo (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:39:44 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 + hotfix -- Many processes use the sysctl system call From: Alan Cox To: Lee Revell Cc: Mattia Dongili , Miles Lane , LKML , "akpm@osdl.org" In-Reply-To: <1155918234.24907.35.camel@mindpipe> References: <1155854702.8796.97.camel@mindpipe> <20060818144626.GA8236@inferi.kami.home> <1155918234.24907.35.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:00:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1155920432.30279.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 575 Lines: 15 Ar Gwe, 2006-08-18 am 12:23 -0400, ysgrifennodd Lee Revell: > "fixed"? Why is sysctl being removed in the middle of a stable kernel > series?!? I thought the new golden rule was "don't break userspace"? Its being made optional like a lot of other things. It does probably belong under CONFIG_EMBEDDED to turn it off tho Alan - 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/