Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750973AbXAPTFO (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:05:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750994AbXAPTFN (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:05:13 -0500 Received: from ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.28.69]:42506 "EHLO ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750949AbXAPTFM (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:05:12 -0500 From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Containers , Tony Luck , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/59] Cleanup sysctl References: <45AD02FF.605@zytor.com> <45AD1AD7.7030804@zytor.com> <45AD2042.9090701@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:03:36 -0700 In-Reply-To: <45AD2042.9090701@zytor.com> (H. Peter Anvin's message of "Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:58:10 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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: 1230 Lines: 35 "H. Peter Anvin" writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>>> >>> With "architectural" I mean "guaranteed to be stable" (as opposed to >>> "incidental"). Sorry for the confusion. >> >> Ok. Then largely we are in agreement. To implement that the rule is simple. >> If it isn't CTL_UNNUMBERED and the number is in Linus's tree, it is >> our responsibility to never change the meaning of that number. >> >> If a new sysctl entry is introduced it should be CTL_UNNUMBERED until >> it reaches Linus's tree to avoid conflicts. >> >> There is simply no point in having any kind of support for numbers >> whose meanings can change. >> >> Which is why I removed the few cases of binary number duplication I >> found. >> > > Agreed. *Furthermore*, if the number isn't in it shouldn't > exist anywhere else, either. That would be a good habit. Feel free to send the patches to ensure that is so. I'm a practical fix it when it is in my way kind of guy ;) Eric - 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/