Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751197AbWJDWlw (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:41:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751199AbWJDWlv (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:41:51 -0400 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:37304 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751197AbWJDWlv (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:41:51 -0400 To: "Jesper Juhl" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: removed sysctl system call - documentation and timeline References: <9a8748490610041335t519678d1u61f5775293c061e4@mail.gmail.com> From: Andi Kleen Date: 05 Oct 2006 00:41:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: <9a8748490610041335t519678d1u61f5775293c061e4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1051 Lines: 24 "Jesper Juhl" writes: > Hi, > > With recent kernels I'm getting a lot of warnings about programs using > the removed sysctl syscal. > > Examples (after 5 min of uptime here) : > root@dragon:/home/juhl# dmesg | grep "used the removed sysctl system > call" | sort | uniq > warning: process `dd' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `ls' used the removed sysctl system call > warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call > > and more can be found... They all only use a single sysctl (kernel/version). IMHO that one should be just emulated and the rest -ENOSYSed. There used to be a slightly buggy patch for that in tree. I think that would give all the advantages (dropping of the numerical name space) with 99+% backwards compatibility -Andi - 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/