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

Andi Kleen
2006-07-12T14:52:34Z

> So it will correctly handle that sysctl being compiled out, and
> the fallback to using /proc. The code seems to have been
> doing that since it was added to glibc in 2000.

Using /proc is extremly slow for this. You added significant
cost to each program startup.

I still think it's a good idea to simulate that sysctl and printk
the others.

-Andi