Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Allow /proc/sys without sys_sysctl

Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-12T19:58:32Z

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 11:24 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> What is the motivation behind killing the sys_sysctl call anyway?
> Sure its more ugly esthetically but it works.

it "works" but the thing is that the number space is NOT stable, and as
such it's a really bad ABI