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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 + hotfix -- Many processes use the sysctl
	system call
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@free.fr>
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On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 02:40 +0000, Frederik Deweerdt wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:30:37AM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:23:54PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > 
> > > "fixed"?  Why is sysctl being removed in the middle of a stable kernel
> > > series?!?
> > 
> > IMHO the stable series is 2.6.x.y nowadays. 2.6.z (without a fourth
> > number) is more or less what used to be 2.<odd> previously.
> Not to mention we're dealing with a -mm kernel...
> 

Ah, OK - the debian-glibc thread the OP referred to began:

"Starting with 2.6.18, the official kernels do not have the sysctl 
syscall anymore (http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/15/54) or rather it has 
been replaced by a dummy syscall that always fail and print a message 
in the log, and thus the sysctl() function will not work anymore."

However the referenced link is about an -mm kernel.

Sorry for the noise.

Lee


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