Re: [PATCHv2] Undeprecate the sysctl system call

Andi Kleen
2006-10-18T16:28:50Z

On Wednesday 18 October 2006 18:20, Cal Peake wrote:

> -What: sys_sysctl
> -When: January 2007
> -Why: The same information is available through /proc/sys and that is the
> - interface user space prefers to use. And there do not appear to be
> - any existing user in user space of sys_sysctl. The additional
> - maintenance overhead of keeping a set of binary names gets
> - in the way of doing a good job of maintaining this interface.
> -
> -Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

I think the deprecation should stay.

-Andi