Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755949AbXICJRj (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:17:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751715AbXICJR3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:17:29 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:41724 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750904AbXICJR2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:17:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:16:39 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Andi Kleen Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , Rob Landley , "H. Peter Anvin" , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible fashion. Message-ID: <20070903091639.GU21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200709020344.51437.rob@landley.net> <46DA7A4C.6080501@zytor.com> <200709020605.00782.rob@landley.net> <20070902200010.GS21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20070903083733.GA31880@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070903083733.GA31880@one.firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 608 Lines: 14 On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:37:33AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > That would probably break near all init scripts out there. > > Can't the file system not just be mounted with /proc together? Won't be fun to implement. Really. BTW, I really wonder what will happen if two processes step on a magic symlink at the same time - ought to check if NFS use is broken. - 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/